The association between capillary refill time and arterial flow in the pediatric upper extremity

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 257-260

  Gray, Katherine ^a   Briseno, Michael R ^a,b   Otsuka, Norman Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial flow; Capillary refill time; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARM; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CAPILLARY REFILL TIME; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ULNAR ARTERY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAPILLARY; CAPILLARY RESISTANCE; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MICROCIRCULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAPILLARIES; CAPILLARY RESISTANCE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; RADIAL ARTERY; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; ULNAR ARTERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 67049116199     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: 14735865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPB.0b013e32830b6209     Document Type: Article

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