Approximately 1 million patients present to emergency departments in the United States with sepsis annually and each hour delay in recognition results in an 8% increase in mortality. Unfortunately, sepsis is a challenging diagnosis to make early in its disease course due to reliance on subjective measures and laboratory studies. Capillary refill time (CRT) has been shown to be effective at both early recognition and monitoring of sepsis. Yet, CRT remains a subjective measure due to lack of instrumentation.
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Point-of-care capillary refill technology improves accuracy of peripheral perfusion assessment in sepsis
Creator
Somogyi, Rita D. : Oregon Health and Science University Hansen, Matthew : Oregon Health and Science University Cloutier, Robert : Oregon Health and Science University Samatham, Ravi : Oregon Health and Science University Sheridan, David C. : Oregon Health and Science University
Meeting Name
Research Week, Oregon Health and Science University, 2021
