Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31394721›Full record

ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2019

Electrical Impedance Tomography for Cardio-Pulmonary Monitoring.

Christian Putensen, Benjamin Hentze, Stefan Muenster, Thomas Muders

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
53citing papers in PubMed
8.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed, 154 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Trial
  3. Trial
  4. Trial
  5. Review
  6. Review
  7. Dead space in critical care: a practical approach with clinical scenarios.Journal of anesthesia, analgesia and critical care · 2026
    Review
  8. Article
  9. Feasibility of electrical impedance tomography-guided PEP in children with CF and TBM.Canadian journal of respiratory therapy : CJRT = Revue canadienne de la therapie respiratoire : RCTR · 2026
    Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Review
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. [Application of electrical impedance tomography in diagnosis and monitoring of pulmonary diseases].Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi · 2025
    Review
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. The feasibility of using electrical impedance tomography to guide positive pressure airway clearance in children with cystic fibrosis and tracheobronchomalacia.Canadian journal of respiratory therapy : CJRT = Revue canadienne de la therapie respiratoire : RCTR · 2025
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christian PutensenDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany. Christian.Putensen@ukbonn.de.
Benjamin HentzeDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1071-1861
Stefan MuensterDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany.
Thomas MudersDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany.
University Hospital Bonn · DE

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft PU 219/2-1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a bedside monitoring tool that noninvasively visualizes local ventilation and arguably lung perfusion distribution. This article reviews and discusses both methodological and clinical aspects of thoracic EIT. Initially, investigators addressed the validation of EIT to measure regional ventilation. Current studies focus mainly on its clinical applications to quantify lung collapse, tidal recruitment, and lung overdistension to titrate positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) and tidal volume. In addition, EIT may help to detect pneumothorax. Recent studies evaluated EIT as a tool to measure regional lung perfusion. Indicator-free EIT measurements might be sufficient to continuously measure cardiac stroke volume. The use of a contrast agent such as saline might be required to assess regional lung perfusion. As a result, EIT-based monitoring of regional ventilation and lung perfusion may visualize local ventilation and perfusion matching, which can be helpful in the treatment of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

Indexed as

bioimpedanceelectrical impedance tomographyimage reconstructionmonitoringregional perfusionregional ventilationthorax

Identifiers

PMID31394721
PMCPMC6722958
OpenAlexW2965386100

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.