Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation CADTH. Esophageal doppler ultrasound-based cardiac output monitoring for adults undergoing surgery: a review of clinical and cost-effectiveness. Ottawa: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH). Rapid Response - Summary with Critical Appraisal. 2013 Authors' conclusions No studies were identified which compared esophageal Doppler monitoring (EDM) with methods specifically using an arterial line or arterial catheter. In most instances, available evidence suggested a trend towards reduction in length of hospital stay, complication rates and mortality for intraoperative fluid management strategies using EDM compared to those using central venous pressure monitoring (CVP) or conventional clinical assessment (CAA), in adults undergoing surgery. However results need to be interpreted with caution as the differences were not statistically significant in several instances. Strategies with EDM combined with CVP or CAA appeared to be more cost-effective than strategies which involved CVP or CAA alone or in combination in the absence of EDM. Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by CRD MeSH Adult; Cardiac Output; Humans; Monitoring, Intraoperative; Ultrasonography Language Published English Country of organisation Canada English summary An English language summary is available. Address for correspondence Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH), 865 Carling Avenue, Suite 600, Ottawa, Ontario Canada, K1S 5S8 Email: requests@cadth.ca AccessionNumber 32014000194 Date abstract record published 29/01/2014 |