Flat inferior vena cava: Indicator of poor prognosis in trauma and acute care surgery patients

American Surgeon

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1396-1398

  Ferrada, Paula ^a   Vanguri, Poornima ^a   Anand, Rahul J ^a   Whelan, James ^a   Duane, Therese ^a   Wolfe, Luke ^a   Ivatury, Rao ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLUNT TRAUMA; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN DIAMETER;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD VOLUME DETERMINATION; BURNS; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPOVOLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 84871074920     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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