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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.
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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.
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Contributors DK conceived the idea for this article. All authors were involved in writing and reviewing the final manuscript.
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Competing interests None.
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Patient consent Obtained.
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Provenance and peer review Commissioned; externally peer reviewed.