Prolonged Capillary Refilling as a Predictor of Mortality in Patients With Septic Shock.

Pablo R Morocho Jaramillo A Fernando MartínezM Mónica CevallosJorge Vasconez-GonzalezEsteban Ortiz PradoAlejandra Barreto-GrimaldosJorge Luis Vélez-Páez

Published in: Journal of intensive care medicine (2021)

CRT is a strong predictor of mortality in patients with septic shock. Evaluating changes in CRT during resuscitation from septic shock might be used as an important clinical tool to predict mortality; especially in low-resources settings where using other biomarkers might be sometimes difficult.

Keyphrases

septic shock
cardiovascular events
risk factors
cardiac resynchronization therapy
type diabetes
heart failure
cardiac arrest
atrial fibrillation
cardiopulmonary resuscitation