Overall, the methodological quality was moderate
(Additional file 1). Specifically, five out of 22 included
studies reported enrollment of consecutive patients, and
objective to explore the effects of potential covariates on
the diagnostic performance of PPV was not performed.
Four outliers were identified by means of a Galbraith
Order
Authors
Year
Sample size
Setting
Admission
Diagnosis
1
Michard and colleagues [23]
2000
40
ICU
Medical
Sepsis/septic shock
2
Kramer and colleagues [24]
2004
21
SICU
Surgical
Cardiac surgery
3
Feissel and colleagues [25]
2005
20a
ICU
Medical
Sepsis/septic shock
4
Charron and colleagues [26]
2006
21
ICU
NA
NA
5
Monnet and colleagues [27]
2006
30
MICU
Medical
Shock
6
Feissel and colleagues [28]
2007
23b
MICU
Medical
Sepsis/septic shock
7
Wyffels and colleagues [29]
2007
32
ICU
Surgical
Cardiac surgery
8
Auler and colleagues [30]
2008
59
SICU
Surgical
Cardiac surgery
9
Monge Garcia and colleagues [31]
2009
38
ICU
NA
Shock
10
Vistisen and colleagues [32]
2009
23
SICU
Surgical
Cardiac surgery
11
Loupec and colleagues [33]
2011
40
SICU
Surgical and medical
Surgery and septic shock
12
Biais and colleagues [34]
2012
35
SICU
Surgical and medical
Vascular surgery, trauma, septic shock
13
Cecconi and colleagues [35]
2012
31
ICU
Surgical
High-risk surgery
14
Fellahi and colleagues [36]
2012
25
SICU
Surgical
Cardiac surgery
15
Khwannimit and colleagues [37]
2012
42
MICU
Medical
Sepsis/septic shock
16
Monnet and colleagues [38]
2012
26
MICU
Medical
Shock
17
Monnet and colleagues [39]
2012
39
MICU
Medical
Shock
18
Yazigi and colleagues [40]
2012
60
SICU
Surgical
Cardiac surgery
19
Fischer and colleagues [41]
2013
37
SICU
Surgical
Cardiac surgery
20
Fischer and colleagues [42]
2013
80
SICU
Surgical
Cardiac surgery
21
Ishihara and colleagues [43]
2013
43
ICU
Surgical
Noncardiac surgery
22
Monnet and colleagues [44]
2013
35
MICU
Medical
Shock
MICU, medical intensive care unit; NA, not available; SICU, surgical intensive care unit. aTwenty-two fluid challenges included. bTwenty-eight fluid challenges included.