Initial pH, base deficit, lactate, anion gap, strong ion difference, and strong ion gap predict outcome from major vascular injury

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1120-1124

  Kaplan, Lewis J ^a   Kellum, John A ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidosis; Anion gap; Outcomes; Shock; Strong ion gap; Trauma

Indexed keywords

BASE; LACTIC ACID;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ADULT; ANION GAP; BLOOD PH; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARAMETER; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PH MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT T TEST; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ACID-BASE IMBALANCE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD VESSELS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LACTIC ACID; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 2342418280     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000125517.28517.74     Document Type: Review

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