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. 2025 Jul 28;29(1):331.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-025-05555-9.

Gingival capillary refill time: a new approach to assess tissue perfusion

Matthias Jacquet-Lagrèze  1   2   3   4 , Martin Ruste  5   6   7 , Elodia Noumedem  5 , Nourredine Bouhamri  5 , Philippe Portran  5   6 , Jean-Luc Fellahi  5   6   7
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Gingival capillary refill time: a new approach to assess tissue perfusion

Matthias Jacquet-Lagrèze et al. Crit Care. .
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Declarations. Ethics approval and consent to participate : The experimental protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) for human projects (CPP Lyon Sud-Est, ANSM: 2014-A01034-43). It was registered a priori in Clinicaltrial.gov: (NCT02248025). Oral and written information was given to all patients or relatives. The need to obtain signed informed consent was waived by the IRB. Consent for publication: Oral and written information was provided to all patients or their representatives, including details about video recordings of gingival and skin assessments, with no identifying features captured. The institutional review board waived the requirement for signed informed consent. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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Visual representation of GRT and CRT dynamics in a phototype I and IV patients
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