Usefulness of Capillary Refill Time and Skin Mottling Score to Predict Intensive Care Unit Admission (NCT03831022) | Clinical Trial Compass
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Usefulness of Capillary Refill Time and Skin Mottling Score to Predict Intensive Care Unit Admission
France1,500 participantsStarted 2018-12-17
Plain-language summary
In the emergency department (ED), the severity assessment of shock is a fundamental step prior to the admission in intensive care unit (ICU). As biomarkers are time consuming to evaluate severity of the micro and macro-circulation alteration, capillary refill time and skin mottling score are 2 simples, available clinical criteria validated to predict mortality in the ICU.
The aim of this study is to provide clinical evidence that capillary refill time and skin mottling score assessed in the ED also predict ICU admission of patients with septic or haemorrhagic shock.
Who can participate
Age range
18 Years
Sex
ALL
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Inclusion criteria
. Age \> 18 years
. Skin mottling score\> 2 and/or capillary refill time \> 3secondes associated with at least one of the followings measured at the ED admission by the nurse in charge of the patient:
. Systolic blood pressure \< 90mmHg or blood pressure decrease of 30% at least for patients with high blood pressure history
. Heart rate \> 120 beats per minute
. Respiratory rate \> 22 movements per minute
. Glasgow coma scale \< 13.
Exclusion criteria
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