use capillary refill time as one of the guides to resuscitation


  • Andromeda-Shock trial found that compared to using lactate level as guidance, using capillary refill time has less organ dysfunction by SOFA and trend towards less mortality although no statistic difference. 1

Footnotes

  1. Hernández G, Ospina-Tascón GA, Damiani LP, et al. Effect of a Resuscitation Strategy Targeting Peripheral Perfusion Status vs Serum Lactate Levels on 28-Day Mortality Among Patients With Septic Shock: The ANDROMEDA-SHOCK Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2019;321(7):654–664. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.0071