Respiratory rate as a prehospital triage tool in rural trauma

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 466-470

  Husum, Hans ^a   Modaghegh, Mads ^c   Wisborg, Torben ^a   Van Heng, Yang ^b   Murad, Mudhafar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b Trauma Care Foundation   (Cambodia)

^c NONE   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Land mine injury; North Iraq; Prehospital trauma; Risk predictors; Trauma scoring; Triage

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CAMBODIA; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PHYSIOLOGIC SEVERITY SCORE; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAMBODIA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; IRAQ; RESPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; RURAL POPULATION; TRIAGE; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0141745954     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000044634.98189.DE     Document Type: Article

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