Anion gap as a predictor of trauma outcomes in the older trauma population: Correlations with injury severity and mortality

American Surgeon

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1203-1206

  Leskovan, John J ^a,b   Justiniano, Carla F ^b   Bach, John A ^b,c   Cook, Charles H ^b   Lindsey, David E ^b   Eiferman, Daniel S ^b   Papadimos, Thomas J ^b   Steinberg, Steven M ^b   Bergese, Sergio D ^b   Stawicki, Stanislaw P A ^b   Evans, David C ^b  

^a ST VINCENT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RIVERSIDE METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CHLORIDE; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; UREA;

ADULT; ANION GAP; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE PERFUSION; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84886661031     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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