Evaluation of prehospital and emergency department systolic blood pressure as a predictor of in-hospital mortality

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1009-1014

  Lalezarzadeh, Fariborz ^a   Wisniewski, Paul ^a   Huynh, Katie ^a   Loza, Maria ^b   Gnanadev, Dev ^a  

^a ARROWHEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 70450248735     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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