Utility of the shock index in predicting mortality in traumatically injured patients

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1426-1430

  Cannon, Chad M ^a   Braxton, Carla C ^a   Kling Smith, Mendy ^a   Mahnken, Jonathan D ^a   Carlton, Elizabeth ^a   Moncure, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality predictors; Shock index; Trauma; Trauma triage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOCK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMATOLOGY;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 73949104416     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181bbf728     Document Type: Article

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