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Capillary refill and core–peripheral temperature gap as indicators of haemodynamic status in paediatric intensive care patients
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- Published on: 22 March 2016
- Published on: 22 March 2016Discrediting capillary refill - do we have evidence?Dear Editor,Show More
Tibby et al[1] have questioned the role of capillary refill time measurement in the evaluation of shock because it doesn't "correlate with more objective measure of haemodyanamic status" - namely the Cardiac Index (CI), Systemic Vascular Resistance Index (SVRI), and Stroke Volume Index (SVI). They err in their premise that CI, SVRI and SVI are individually good measures of shock.
Shock by definition is...
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