Hemoglobin drops within minutes of injuries and predicts need for an intervention to stop hemorrhage

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 312-315

  Bruns, Brandon ^a   Lindsey, Mark ^a   Rowe, Kinsey ^a   Brown, Sandra ^a   Minei, Joseph P ^a   Gentilello, Larry M ^a   Shafi, Shahid ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemoglobin; Hemorrhage; Resuscitation; Shock; Trauma

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODILUTION; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34547911852     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31812389d6     Document Type: Article

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