Evaluating intravascular hypovolaemia by manually assessing peripheral limb coolness compared with the capillary refill time in children aged <5 years in a tropical environment: a prospective cohort study of diagnostic accuracy
Manual palpation for detecting mild coolness predicts hypovolaemia more effectively than the CRT in small children, and measuring temperature gradients with a thermometer is relatively ineffective in a tropical setting.
Authors
- Malcolm Coulthard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8316-8957)
- Justice Sylverken
- Unni Wariyar
- Haruna Mahama
- Alhassan Abdul‐Mumin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3792-5384)
- Francis Agyei Frimpong
- Rafiuk Cosmos Yakubu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5995-4082)
- Sampson Antwi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0957-6105)
- Rashida Gomda
- Augustine Kwame Afful
- Kingsley Aseye Hattoh
Institutions
- Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (GH)
- Royal Victoria Infirmary (GB)
- Tamale Teaching Hospital (GH)
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (GH)
- Great North Children's Hospital (GB)
- University for Development Studies (GH)
- Newcastle University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Published
- 2025-05-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2024-328067
- Primary Topic
- Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00