Red cell distribution width is predictive of mortality in trauma patients

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1021-1026

  Majercik, Sarah ^a   Fox, Jolene ^a   Knight, Stacey ^a,b   Horne, Benjamin D ^a,b  

^a INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

mortality; Red cell distribution width; scoring systems; trauma

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLUNT TRAUMA; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MORTALITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED BLOOD CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CAUSE OF DEATH; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA CENTERS; UTAH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84876195358     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182826f02     Document Type: Article

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