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Table 2 BIS reliability

From: An objective measure for the assessment and management of fluid shifts in acute major burns

BIS variable

ICC (95% CI)

BIS trial number*

BIS measure coefficient (95% CI)

p value

R 0

0.999 (0.999–0.999)

2

−  0.07 (− 0.68–0.54)

0.83

3

− 0.06 (− 0.68–0.55)

0.84

R i

0.999 (0.998–0.999)

2

0.41 (− 1.90–2.71)

0.73

3

2.06 (− 0.24–4.37)

0.80

R inf

0.9996(0.999–0.999)

2

0.01 (− 0.30–0.32)

0.94

3

0.07 (− 0.24–0.38)

0.66

ECF

0.999 (0.998–0.999)

2

0.03 (− 0.17–0.22)

0.78

3

0.12 (− 0.07–0.32)

0.22

ICF

0.997 (0.996–0.998)

2

− 0.12 (− 0.46–0.22)

0.49

3

− 0.26 (− 0.61–0.08)

0.13

TBF

0.999 (0.999–0.999)

2

− 0.09 (− 0.38–0.20)

0.53

3

− 0.14 (− 0.43–0.15)

0.33

  1. ICC intraclass correlation coefficient, R 0 resistance at zero frequency, R i intracellular resistance, R inf resistance at infinite frequency, ECF extracellular fluid, ICF intracellular fluid, TBF total body fluid, BIS bioimpedance spectroscopy, CI confidence intervals
  2. *Each BIS measure coefficient is in reference to measure 1 of the triplicate measures