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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Critical Care Research and Practice Volume 2012, Article ID 102483, 6 pages doi:10.1155/2012/102483 Research Article Comparison of Different Methods for the Calculation of the Microvascular Flow Index Mario O. Pozo,1, 2 Vanina S. Kanoore Edul,2, 3 Can Ince,4 and Arnaldo Dubin2, 3 1 Servicio de Terapia Intensiva, Clınica Bazterrica, Juncal 3002, C1425AYN Buenos Aires, Argentina ´ 2 Catedra de Farmacologıa Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 60 y 120, ´ ´ ´ 1900 La Plata, Argentina 3 Servicio de Terapia Intensiva, Sanatorio Otamendi y Miroli, Azcuenaga 870, C1115AAB Buenos Aires, Argentina ´ 4 Department of Intensive Care Adults Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands Correspondence should be addressed to Arnaldo Dubin, arnaldodubin@.ar Received 24 December 2011; Revised 16 February 2012; Accepted 2 March 2012 Academic Editor: Michael Piagnerelli Copyright © 2012 Mario O. Pozo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The microvascular flow index (MFI) is commonly used to semiquantitatively characterize the velocity of microcirculatory perfusion as absent (0), intermittent (1), sluggish (2), or normal (3). There are three approaches to compute MFI: (1) the average of the predominant flow in each of the four quadrants (MFIby quadrants ), (2) the direct assessment during the bedside video a