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How to use capillary refill time

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  • Search strategy The PubMed database was searched in August 2013 with the following phrase: ‘capillary refill time’ and limited to children (aged 0–18 years). Eighty-five articles were found and screened for relevance. The references and linked articles of the relevant articles were checked to ensure no other studies were missed.

  • Acknowledgements DK would like to express his gratitude to the Yorkshire and Humber Postgraduate Deanery for funding his year as a clinical leadership fellow in research.

  • Contributors DK conceived the idea for this article. All authors were involved in writing and reviewing the final manuscript.

  • Competing interests None.

  • Patient consent Obtained.

  • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; externally peer reviewed.