Are resuscitation and operation justified in injured patients with extreme base deficits (less than -20)?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 186, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 597-601

  Tremblay, Lorraine N ^a   Feliciano, David V ^a,b   Rozycki, Grace S ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GRADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Base deficit; Mortality; Shock; Survival; Trauma

Indexed keywords

BASE;

ADULT; ALKALINITY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STAB WOUND; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMATIC SHOCK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0348111567     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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