Paediatric capillary refill times

Trauma

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 217-220

  Bumke, Kirsten ^a   Maconochie, Ian ^b  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

capillary refill time; peripheral perfusion; trauma score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CAPILLARY FLOW; CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; NORMAL VALUE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SCORING SYSTEM; TIME;

EID: 0035561204     PISSN: 14604086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146040860100300404     Document Type: Article

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