Capillary refill time: Is it still a useful clinical sign?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 120-123

  Pickard, Amelia ^a,b   Karlen, Walter ^a   Ansermino, J Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CAPILLARY REFILL TIME; CORE TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; LIGHT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PEDIATRICS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79960216864     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31821569f9     Document Type: Article

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