A retrospective analysis of geriatric trauma patients: Venous lactate is a better predictor of mortality than traditional vital signs

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Salottolo, Kristin M ^a,b   Mains, Charles W ^a,c   Offner, Patrick J ^a,c   Bourg, Pamela W ^a   Bar Or, David ^a,b,c  

^a ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ROCKY VISTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulatory hemodynamic instability; Geriatric; Occult hypoperfusion; Shock index

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LACTIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; VITAL SIGN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAL SIGNS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84873592431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-21-7     Document Type: Article

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