Capillary Refill for Assessment of Dehydration

Oregon Health and Science University178 enrolled

Overview

Capillary refill is used clinically to assess multiple things in children. This is a prospective observational study of the correlation between capillary refill time and degree of dehydration in children seen in a pediatric ED.

All patient presenting to the pediatric ER at OHSU less than 10 years are eligible to be enrolled if being seen for a condition putting them at risk for dehydration including emesis, diarrhea, etc. Children will have their capillary refill time measured and then sent home with a digital scale to track their weight. This will serve as the standard for calculating percent dehydration. When a patient has reached a stable weight at 1 week we will assume this is their healthy weight. There is no intervention in the study.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

178

Conditions

Dehydration in Children

Interventions

Capillary RefillDIAGNOSTIC_TEST

We are measuring capillary refill to assess it's correlation with dehydration in children

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 6 MonthsMax age: 10 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * All children with chief complaint of diarrhea, emesis, nausea, abdominal pain Exclusion Criteria: * Any child with chronic cardiac or pulm disease, raynauds syndrome, bilateral upper extremity trauma, previously enrolled in the study, already received IVF in the previous 48hrs, surgery within 1week, osteogenesis imperfecta.

Locations (1)

OHSU

Portland, Oregon, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Capillary Refill time

Assessing correlation of the refill time and percent dehydration

Time frame: 1 week

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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