Defining hypotension in moderate to severely injured trauma patients: Raising the bar for the elderly

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1035-1038

  Edwards, Meghan ^a   Ley, Eric ^a   Mirocha, James ^a   Hadjibashi, Anoushiravan Amini ^a   Margulies, Daniel R ^a   Salim, Ali ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD INJURY; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NITRILES; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; TRIAZOLES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78651354054     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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