Checking nail color refill to guide IV fluids in the ICU
Part of Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This study looks at how quickly the color returns to your fingernails after pressing on them (capillary refill time). Doctors use this to see if giving extra fluids through an IV helps your body. It may help guide your care in the ICU.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You must be an adult admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) in the last 3 days.
- You must be on a breathing machine (ventilator) that goes through a tube in your throat.
- Your doctor must plan to give you extra fluids through an IV to see how your body responds.
- You cannot be on very high oxygen settings (more than 60%).
- You cannot be receiving certain inhaled medications, like nitric oxide.
- You cannot be on kidney dialysis or a heart-lung bypass machine.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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