Heart rate variability as a triage tool in patients with trauma during prehospital helicopter transport

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 436-440

  King, David R ^a,b   Ogilvie, Michael P ^a   Pereira, Bruno M T ^a   Chang, Yuchiao ^b   Manning, Ronald J ^a   Conner, Jeffrey A ^a,c   Schulman, Carl I ^a   McKenney, Mark G ^a   Proctor, Kenneth G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Base deficit; Combat casualty care; Vital sign monitor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VITAL SIGN; AGED; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AIR AMBULANCES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 70449086321     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181ad67de     Document Type: Article

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