The association between vital signs and major hemorrhagic injury is significantly improved after controlling for sources of measurement variability

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 533.e1-533.e10

  Reisner, Andrew T ^a,b   Chen, Liangyou ^a   Reifman, Jaques ^a  

^a U S ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND MATERIEL COMMAND   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical; Data interpretation; Decision support systems; Emergency care; Hemorrhage; Prehospital; Statistical; Trauma; Vital signs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VITAL SIGN;

EID: 84867337782     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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