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ReviewJournal of clinical monitoring and computing2021

Metrology part 2: Procedures for the validation of major measurement quality criteria and measuring instrument properties.

Pierre Squara, Thomas W L Scheeren, Hollmann D Aya, Jan Bakker, Maurizio Cecconi, Sharon Einav, Manu L N G Malbrain, Xavier Monnet, Daniel A Reuter, Iwan C C van der Horst and 1 more

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Review in Journal of clinical monitoring and computing, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

11 authors at 11 institutions in 9 countries.

Pierre SquaraDepartment of Cardiology and ICU, Clinique Ambroise Paré, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1381-6773
Thomas W L ScheerenDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. t.w.l.scheeren@umcg.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9184-4190
Hollmann D AyaIntensive Care, St Georges' University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Jan BakkerDepartmento de Medicina Intensiva, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2236-7391
Maurizio CecconiDepartment of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Humanitas University, Milano, Italy.
Sharon EinavGeneral Intensive Care Unit of the Shaare Zedek Medical Centre, Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel.
Manu L N G MalbrainDepartment of Intensive Care, University Hospital Brussels (UZB), Jette, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1816-5255
Xavier MonnetMedical Intensive Care Unit, Paris-Sud University Hospitals, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Inserm UMR S_999, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
Daniel A ReuterDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Rostock, Rostock, Germany.
Iwan C C van der HorstDepartment of Intensive Care, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3891-8522
Bernd SaugelDepartment of Anesthesiology, Center of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6619-0722
Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris · FRHebrew University of Jerusalem · ILHumanitas University · ITMaastricht University · NLPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile · CLSt George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · GBUniversität Hamburg · DEUniversité Paris-Sud · FRUniversity Medical Center Groningen · NLUniversity of Rostock · DEVrije Universiteit Brussel · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A measurement is always afflicted with some degree of uncertainty. A correct understanding of the different types of uncertainty, their naming, and their definition is of crucial importance for an appropriate use of the measuring instruments. However, in perioperative and intensive care medicine, the metrological requirements for measuring instruments are poorly defined and often used spuriously. The correct use of metrological terms is also of crucial importance in validation studies. The European Union published a new directive on medical devices, mentioning that in the case of devices with a measuring function, the notified body is involved in all aspects relating to the conformity of the device with the metrological requirements. It is therefore the task of scientific societies to establish the standards in their area of expertise. After adopting the same understandings and definitions (part 1), the different procedures for the validation of major quality criteria of measuring devices must be consensually established. In this metrologic review (part 2), we review the terms and definitions of validation, some basic processes leading to the display of an indication from a physiologic signal, and procedures for the validation of measuring instrument properties, with specific focus on perioperative and intensive care medicine including appropriate examples.

Indexed as

Critical CareHumansReference StandardsCardiovascular dynamicsCritical careHemodynamic monitoringPerioperative medicineStatistics

Identifiers

PMID32185616
PMCPMC7889542
OpenAlexW3010645570

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