Utility of Stewart's strong ion difference as a predictor of major injury after trauma in the ED

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 938-941

  Zehtabchi, Shahriar ^a   Soghoian, Samara ^a   Sinert, Richard ^a  

^a KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANION GAP; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACID-BASE IMBALANCE; ACIDOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BICARBONATES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34848877437     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.02.031     Document Type: Article

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