Predictors of the accuracy of pulse-contour cardiac index and suggestion of a calibration-index: a prospective evaluation and validation study

Table 3 Percentage-error and bias CItd-CIpc values after 1 h, 2 h, 4 h, 6 h and 8 h without thermodilution (one data set per patient)

	Evaluation		Validation		Merged data
Interval to last thermodilution	Percentage Error	Mean bias [L/min/m²]	Percentage Error	Mean bias [L/min/m²]	Percentage Error	Mean bias [L/min/m²]
1 h	23.2%	−0,144 ± 0,501	23.4%	0.026 ± 0.465	23.5	−0.039 ± 0.483
2 h	18.6%	−0,021 ± 0,400	32.5%	0.112 ± 0.660	27.7	0.061 ± 0.576
4 h	28.5%	−0,020 ± 0,618	24.4%	0.097 ± 0.490	26.1	0.054 ± 0.539
6 h	30.9%	−0,248 ± 0,690	40.3%	−0.200 ± 0.861	36.6	−0.218 ± 0.794
8 h	27.9%	0,082 ± 0,600	31.0	0.033 ± 0.632	29.6	0.062 ± 0.615

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