Capillary Refill for Assessment of Dehydration

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Dehydration in Children
• Intervention / Treatment: Diagnostic test: Capillary Refill

Detailed Description

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 (Actual): 178

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Oregon
    • Portland, Oregon, United States, 97239
      • OHSU

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 10 months to 8 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: N/A
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All patients presenting to the pediatric ER at OHSu.

Description

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.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Cohort
• Time Perspectives: Prospective

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Capillary Refill time	Assessing correlation of the refill time and percent dehydration	1 week

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Oregon Health and Science University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: David Sheridan, MD MR, Oregon Health and Science University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 10, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 1, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): April 1, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 12, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 12, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): September 13, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 17, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 16, 2020
• Last Verified: April 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Metabolic Diseases; Water-Electrolyte Imbalance; Dehydration
• Other Study ID Numbers: Dehydration Assessment

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No