Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Mar 2015
Observational StudyIncidence and impact of skin mottling over the knee and its duration on outcome in critically ill patients.
Skin mottling is frequent and can be associated with an increased mortality rate in ICU patients with septic shock. Its overall incidence in ICU and its impact on outcome is unknown. We aimed to assess the incidence of skin mottling over the knee among all critically ill patients admitted in ICU and its role on their outcome. ⋯ Skin mottling is frequent in the general population of patients admitted in ICU. Occurrence and persistence of skin mottling are independently associated with in-ICU mortality.