Change in hematocrit during trauma assessment predicts bleeding even with ongoing fluid resuscitation

American Surgeon

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 398-406

  Thorson, Chad M ^a   Ryan, Mark L ^a   Van Haren, Robert M ^a   Pereira, Reginald ^a   Olloqui, Jeremy ^a   Otero, Christian A ^a   Schulman, Carl I ^a   Livingstone, Alan S ^a   Proctor, Kenneth G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEART RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TACHYCARDIA; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FLUID SHIFTS; FLUID THERAPY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VITAL SIGNS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84876120605     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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