Comparison of Bedside and Video-Based Capillary Refill Time Assessment in Children

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OBJECTIVES: Capillary refill time (CRT) to assess peripheral perfusion in children with suspected shock may be subject to poor reproducibility. Our objectives were to compare video-based and bedside CRT assessment using a standardized protocol and evaluate interrater and intrarater consistency of video-based CRT (VB-CRT) assessment. We hypothesized that measurement errors associated with raters would be low for both standardized bedside CRT and VB-CRT as well as VB-CRT across raters.

METHODS: Ninety-nine children (aged 1-12 y) had 5 consecutive bedside CRT assessments by an experienced critical care clinician following a standardized protocol. Each CRT assessment was video recorded on a black background. Thirty video clips (10 with bedside CRT < 1 s, 10 with CRT 1-2 s, and 10 with CRT > 2 s) were randomly selected and presented to 10 clinicians twice in randomized order. They were instructed to push a button when they visualized release of compression and completion of a capillary refill. The correlation and absolute difference between bedside and VB-CRT were assessed. Consistency across raters and within each rater was analyzed using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). A Generalizability study was performed to evaluate sources of variation.

RESULTS: We found moderate agreement between bedside and VB-CRT observations (r = 0.65; P < 0.001). The VB-CRT values were shorter by 0.17 s (95% confidence interval, 0.09-0.25; P < 0.001) on average compared with bedside CRT. There was moderate agreement in VB-CRT across raters (ICC = 0.61). Consistency of repeated VB-CRT within each rater was moderate (ICC = 0.71). Generalizability study revealed the source of largest variance was from individual patient video clips (57%), followed by interaction of the VB-CRT reviewer and patient video clip (10.7%).

CONCLUSIONS: Bedside and VB-CRT observations showed moderate consistency. Using video-based assessment, moderate consistency was also observed across raters and within each rater. Further investigation to standardize and automate CRT measurement is warranted.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

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2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:38

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Pediatric emergency care - 38(2022), 10 vom: 01. Okt., Seite 506-510

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Englisch

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Nickel, Amanda J [VerfasserIn]
Hunter, Ryan Brandon [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Shen [VerfasserIn]
Boulet, John R [VerfasserIn]
Hanks, Jasmine [VerfasserIn]
Napolitano, Natalie [VerfasserIn]
Nadkarni, Vinay M [VerfasserIn]
Nishisaki, Akira [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 03.10.2022

Date Revised 30.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1097/PEC.0000000000002836

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NLM346002184