R-wave Amplitude in Lead II of an Electrocardiograph Correlates with Central Hypovolemia in Human Beings

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1003-1010

  McManus, John G ^a   Convertino, Victor A ^a   Cooke, William H ^a   Ludwig, David A ^a   Holcomb, John B ^a  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

hemorrhage; LBNP; R wave amplitude; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; DECOMPRESSION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPOVOLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 33748943698     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.07.010     Document Type: Article

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