Finger Squeezing Device hopes to improve Capillary Refill Time Tests. Capillary refill time is usually evaluated in the following manner. Doctors put pressure on the fingernails and then observe the ...
It is the time it takes for the blood to run back into the small bloodvessels after you have pressed it out. They usually test for dehydration, vascular disease and shock with it. Yes the kidneys can ...
When my 80-year-old aunt became unwell recently we asked her GP to visit. As well as the usual heart and blood pressure tests I noticed that he examined her hands and pressed on the base of her nails.