Base deficit as a marker of survival after traumatic injury: Consistent across changing patient populations and resuscitation paradigms

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 844-851

  Hodgman, Erica I ^a   Morse, Bryan C ^a   Dente, Christopher J ^a   Mina, Michael J ^a   Shaz, Beth H ^a   Nicholas, Jeffrey M ^a   Wyrzykowski, Amy D ^a   Salomone, Jeffrey P ^a   Rozycki, Grace S ^a   Feliciano, David V ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Base deficit; Damage control resuscitation; Massive transfusion protocol

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BASE DEFICIT; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLUNT TRAUMA; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE RATE; RESUSCITATION; STAB WOUND; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INJURY SCALE; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; METHODOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84862731739     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31824ef9d2     Document Type: Article

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