Is field hypotension a reliable indicator of significant injury in trauma patients who are normotensive on arrival to the emergency department?

American Surgeon

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 768-771

  Codner, Panna ^a   Obaid, Amal ^a   Porral, Diana ^a   Lush, Stephanie ^a   Cinat, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33644963591     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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