Revisiting the "golden hour": An evaluation of out-of-hospital time in shock and traumatic brain injury

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 30-41.e3

  Newgard, Craig D ^a   Meier, Eric N ^b   Bulger, Eileen M ^c   Buick, Jason ^d   Sheehan, Kellie ^b   Lin, Steve ^d   Minei, Joseph P ^e   Barnes Mackey, Roxy A ^f,g   Brasel, Karen ^h  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f WA State University Vancouver   (United States)

^g Providence Medical Group   (United States)

^h MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN 70; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OUT OF HOSPITAL TIME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TIME TO TREATMENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; YOUNG ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CONTROLLED STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOCK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHOCK; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931561011     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.12.004     Document Type: Article

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