Hematocrit as a predictor of significant injury after penetrating trauma

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 224-228

  Paradis, Norman A ^a,c   Balter, Sharon ^a   Davison, Christopher M ^a   Simon, Gary ^b   Rose, Michael ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Stem School of Business ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

hematocrit; predictive value; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030924667     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(97)90001-2     Document Type: Article

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