Triage vital signs do not correlate with serum lactate or base deficit, and are less predictive of operative intervention in penetrating trauma patients: A prospective cohort study

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 546-550

  Caputo, Nicholas ^a   Fraser, Robert ^a   Paliga, Andrew ^a   Kanter, Marc ^a   Hosford, Karlene ^a   Madlinger, Robert ^b  

^a LINCOLN MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b Lutheran Medicine Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISORDERS OF ACID BASE BALANCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VITAL SIGN;

BASE DEFICIT; LACTATE; RESEARCH; TRAUMA; TRIAGE; VITAL SIGNS;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TRIAGE; URBAN POPULATION; VITAL SIGNS; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 84879412100     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2012-201343     Document Type: Article

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