TY - JOUR
T1 - Validation of a computerised measurement system for guided routine evaluation of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy
AU - Vespasiani, Giacomo
AU - Bruni, Mauro
AU - Meloncelli, Illidio
AU - Clementi, Lina
AU - Amoretti, Rita
AU - Branca, Salvatore
AU - Carinci, F.
AU - Lostia, Stanislao
AU - Nicolucci, A.
AU - Romagnoli, Fabio
AU - Verga, Salvatore
AU - Benedetti, Massimo Massi
PY - 1996/11
Y1 - 1996/11
N2 - A study for evaluating the use of the Cardionomic system was conducted in six Italian Centres for Diabetes. Cardionomic is a portable computerised system that is used for a guided step-by-step performance of several cardiovascular tests for autonomic neuropathy (heart rate and blood pressure). It has been compared to the traditional method using an electrocardiograph. In this study, which involved 74 diabetic patients, 392 cardiovascular tests were conducted with the electrocardiograph and 392 were done using the portable system. The results were compared to the results obtained with the ECG assuming the latter as the standard ones. All the indices of validity that were investigated (sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, positive likelihood ratio, negative likelihood ratio) indicate that the proposed system is reliable. Because it saves a considerable amount of time and is also easy to use, it represents a valid alternative for the routine screening of autonomic neuropathy.
AB - A study for evaluating the use of the Cardionomic system was conducted in six Italian Centres for Diabetes. Cardionomic is a portable computerised system that is used for a guided step-by-step performance of several cardiovascular tests for autonomic neuropathy (heart rate and blood pressure). It has been compared to the traditional method using an electrocardiograph. In this study, which involved 74 diabetic patients, 392 cardiovascular tests were conducted with the electrocardiograph and 392 were done using the portable system. The results were compared to the results obtained with the ECG assuming the latter as the standard ones. All the indices of validity that were investigated (sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, positive likelihood ratio, negative likelihood ratio) indicate that the proposed system is reliable. Because it saves a considerable amount of time and is also easy to use, it represents a valid alternative for the routine screening of autonomic neuropathy.
KW - Cardiovascular autonomic function tests
KW - Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy
KW - Diabetes mellitus
KW - Portable computerised system
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U2 - 10.1016/S0169-2607(96)01774-9
DO - 10.1016/S0169-2607(96)01774-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 8955589
AN - SCOPUS:0030288304
VL - 51
SP - 211
EP - 216
JO - Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
JF - Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
SN - 0169-2607
IS - 3
ER -