Prehospital hypotension in blunt trauma: Identifying the "crump factor"

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1038-1042

  Bilello, John F ^a   Davis, James W ^a   Lemaster, Deborah ^a   Townsend, Ricard N ^a   Parks, Steven N ^a   Sue, Lawrence P ^a   Kaups, Krista L ^a   Groom, Tammi ^a   Egbalieh, Babak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Crump factor; Prehospital hypotension

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; GENDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALIFORNIA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 79955784851     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31819638d0     Document Type: Article

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