The agreement of fingertip and sternum capillary refill time in children

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 265-268

  Crook, Jodie ^a   Taylor, Rachel M ^b,c  

^a St Bernards Hospital   (Gibraltar)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; CAPILLARY FLOW; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FINGERTIP CAPILLARY REFILL TIME; FOREIGN BODY; HEAD INJURY; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SCALD; SCHOOL CHILD; STERNUM CAPILLARY REFILL TIME; VIRUS INFECTION; VITAL SIGN; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CAPILLARY REFILL TIME; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FINGER; HEART RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STERNUM;

CAPILLARIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STERNUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84876191149     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-303046     Document Type: Article

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