Does CT evidence of a flat inferior vena cava indicate hypovolemia in blunt trauma patients with solid organ injuries?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1358-1361

  Liao, Yu Ying ^a   Lin, Hung Jung ^a,b   Lu, Yu Hui ^a   Foo, Ning Ping ^a   Guo, How Ran ^c   Chen, Kuo Tai ^a,d  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b TAINAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Computer tomography; Hypovolemia; Inferior vena cava

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FLAT INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; ORGAN INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPOVOLEMIA; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 79958844287     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181f31e37     Document Type: Article

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