The utility of venous lactate to triage injured patients in the trauma center

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 190, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 656-664

  Lavery, Robert F ^a   Livingston, David H ^a,b   Tortella, Bartholomew J ^a   Sambol, Justin T ^a   Slomovitz, Brian M ^a   Siegel, John H ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LACTATES; LENGTH OF STAY; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRIAGE; VEINS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0034045176     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(00)00271-4     Document Type: Article

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