Systolic blood pressure criteria in the National Trauma Triage Protocol for geriatric trauma: 110 is the new 90

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 352-359

  Brown, Joshua B ^a   Gestring, Mark L ^b   Forsythe, Raquel M ^a   Stassen, Nicole A ^b   Billiar, Timothy R ^a   Peitzman, Andrew B ^a   Sperry, Jason L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Geriatric; Prehospital; Systolic blood pressure; Trauma; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSH TRAUMA; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERIATRIC TRAUMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALYSIS; PELVIS FRACTURE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL FRACTURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84925874902     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000523     Document Type: Article

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