Point-of-care microcirculation evaluated with sidestream dark field technology: agreement and comparison between sublingual and sublabial mucosa.

Jinlong Qu, Minmin Lu, Yueyue Yan, Qiuxiang Zhou, Wenfang Li, Jun Guan

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Article in American journal of translational research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Jinlong QuDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University Shanghai 200003, China.

Minmin LuDepartment of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Baoshan Traditional Chinese Medicine-integrated Hospital Shanghai 201999, China.

Yueyue YanDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University Shanghai 200003, China.

Qiuxiang ZhouDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University Shanghai 200003, China.

Wenfang LiDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University Shanghai 200003, China.

Jun GuanDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care, Jingan District Zhabei Central Hospital 619 Zhonghuaxin Road, Shanghai 200070, China.

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Abstract

To investigate whether sublabial mucosa is more suitable for evaluation of microcirculation than commonly used sublingual mucosa in ICU patients, we enrolled 57 adults (47 critically ill patients and 10 volunteers) at convenience from Oct 2018 to Jan 2019. Videomicroscopy images at both sublingual mucosa and sublabial mucosa were acquired at the same time in each enrollee. Qualified images were recorded for later analysis. Four video clips of the same site were comprehensively evaluated to yield one Point Of carE Microcirculation (POEM) score by blinded investigator; POEM scores at both sites were statistically analyzed for correlation and agreement. Procedure time needed to acquire qualified images was also compared. POEM scores between the two sites showed no significant difference and a statistically significant correlation (Spearman correlation coefficient 0.716,

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POEM scoreSidestream dark fieldsublabial mucosasublingual mucosa

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