High levels of endogenous estrogens are associated with death in the critically injured adult

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 580-585

  Dossett, Lesly A ^a,c   Swenson, Brian R ^b   Heffernan, Daithi ^a   Bonatti, Hugo ^b   Metzger, Rosemarie ^b   Sawyer, Robert G ^b   May, Addison K ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c 404 Medical Arts Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogens; Outcomes; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; APACHE; AREA UNDER CURVE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTOSTERONE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 40549095336     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31816543dd     Document Type: Article

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