Prehospital intravenous fluid administration is associated with higher mortality in trauma patients: A national trauma data bank analysis

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 259, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Niven, Daniel J ^a   Stelfox, Henry T ^a   Ball, Chad G ^a   Kirkpatrick, Andrew W ^a  

^a FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY CARE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJURY; INTUBATION; LETTER; MORTALITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84892913837     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000238     Document Type: Letter

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