Capillary Refill for Assessment of Dehydration



Status:Recruiting
Healthy:No
Age Range:Any - 10
Updated:9/15/2018
Start Date:September 10, 2018
End Date:December 30, 2019
Contact:David Sheridan, MD MCR
Email:sheridda@ohsu.edu
Phone:5034941691

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Trial Summary
Trial Overview
Inclusion Criteria

Capillary Refill to Detect Dehydration in Children

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.

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.
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