Presenting blood pressure in traumatic brain injury: A bimodal distribution of death

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1179-1184

  Zafar, Syed Nabeel ^a   Millham, Frederick H ^b   Chang, Yuchiao ^c   Fikry, Karim ^c   Alam, Hasan B ^c   King, David R ^c   Velmahos, George C ^c   De Moya, Marc A ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Mortality; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLUNT TRAUMA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BRAIN INJURIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; ROC CURVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLE; UNITED STATES; VITAL SIGNS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 81455140931     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182140d38     Document Type: Article

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