how to find the equipment used for invasive BP and CVP monitoring

[noidea233]

how can I find the equipment and methods used for invasive blood pressure and central venous pressure continuous minitoring ? The reviewer raised this question when I submit the manuscript.

[jraffa]

I think the type of equipment is likely not going to be available, because it varies across hospitals.

The methods are going to vary depending on where you are pulling this information from. From the vitalperiodic docs:

1 minute averages, and archived into the vitalPeriodic table as 5 minute median values.

These are unvalidated data.

If the data is pulled from nursecharting, that data has been reviewed by a nurse, but can be directly interfaced from the bedside monitor or manually entered. I'm not sure if there's a way to tell the two cases apart.