Heart rate measured in the acute aftermath of trauma can predict post-traumatic stress disorder: A prospective study in motor vehicle accident survivors

European Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 508-512

  Coronas, R ^a   Gallardo, O ^b   Moreno, M J ^a   Suarez D ^a   Garcia Pares G ^a   Menchon J M ^c  

^a PARC TAULÍ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI   (Spain)

^b Parc Taulí Accidents de Trànsit Trafisaba   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Heart rate; Motor vehicle accidents; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 80054991883     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: 17783585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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