Performance evaluation of non-invasive cardiac output monitoring device (HemoVista) based on multi-channel thoracic impedance plethysmography technology

Abstract

Background: A non-invasive method of measuring cardiac output (CO) can be beneficial in the care of critically ill patients. HemoVista (BiLab Co., Ltd.) is a medical device that measures CO non-invasively using multi-channel impedance plethysmography technology. The purpose of this study was to exploratively evaluate the performance of HemoVista in critically ill patients undergoing CO monitoring with the FloTrac (Edwards Lifesciences).

Methods: After non-invasively installing the HemoVista sensor in critically ill patients whose CO was monitored with the FloTrac, CO values measured by both devices were collected for 30 minutes. Cardiac output measured by both devices was selected every 10 seconds, creating approximately 360 data pairs per patient. Linear correlation analysis with Pearson correlation coefficients, Bland-Altman analysis, and four-quadrant plot analysis were performed to evaluate the performance of HemoVista.

Results: A total of 7,138 pairs of CO data from the 20 patients were included in the analysis. A significant correlation was observed between the two methods of measuring CO (Pearson's r=0.489, P<0.001). The mean bias was 1.03 L/min, the 95% CI for the limit of agreement was -1.83 L/min to 3.93 L/min and the percentage error was 55.8%. The concordance rate of time-dependent CO between the two devices was 14.6%.

Conclusions: It was observed that the current version of HemoVista has unsuitable performance for use in intensive care units. To be used for critically ill patients, the algorithm must be improved and reevaluated with an enhanced version.