Let the surgeon sleep: Trauma team activation for severe hypotension

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1245-1250

  Shapiro, Marc J ^a,b   McCormack, Jane E ^a   Jen, James ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation; Hypotension; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJURY SCALE; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ALGORITHM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INTENSIVE CARE; LEADERSHIP; MANPOWER; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REGISTER; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CRITICAL CARE; EFFICIENCY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LEADERSHIP; LENGTH OF STAY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRIAGE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 67650617170     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31818c262f     Document Type: Article

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