Capillary refill time is a predictor of short-term mortality for adult patients admitted to a medical department: An observational cohort study

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 954-958

  Mrgan, Monija ^a   Rytter, Dorte ^b   Brabrand, Mikkel ^a  

^a ESBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCULATION; CAPILLARY FLOW; CAPILLARY REFILL TIME; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIRCULATION TIME; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PERIPHERAL OXYGEN SATURATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE RATE; SCHRIGER AND BARAFF SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAUMA SCORE; ACUTE DISEASE; CAPILLARY RESISTANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART RATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAPILLARY RESISTANCE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84912026251     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2013-202925     Document Type: Article

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