Utility of shock index calculation in combat casualty triage protocol?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 204, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 812-

  Pasquier, Pierre ^a   Tourtier, Jean Pierre ^b   Boutonnet, Mathieu ^b   Malgras, Brice ^a   Mérat, Stéphane ^a  

^a Military Teaching Hospital Begin   (France)

^b University of Paris Descartes   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LETTER; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; REGISTRIES; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84868567632     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2011.10.022     Document Type: Letter

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