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Table 2 The fraction of unresponsive patients and total time burden of ineffective fluids based on different ccFT thresholds

From: The time cost of physiologically ineffective intravenous fluids in the emergency department: an observational pilot study employing wearable Doppler ultrasound

ccFT∆ threshold

1st assessment unresponsive (%)

Any assessment unresponsive (%)

Always unresponsive (%)

IVFineff total (L)

IVFineff per patient (L)

Duration IVFineff per patient (min)

 + 7.0 ms [20]

41

53

29

30.0 L

0.6 L

35 min

 + 4.0 ms [20]

24

29

18

17.0 L

0.3 L

16 min

 + 2% [21]

37

49

25

27.5 L

0.5 L

32 min

 + 4% [30]

57

80

51

51.5 L

1.0 L

61 min