A retrospective analysis of geriatric trauma patients: venous lactate is a better predictor of mortality than traditional vital signs

BACKGROUND: Traditional vital signs (TVS), including systolic blood pressure (SBP), heart rate (HR) and their composite, the shock index, may be poor prognostic indicators in geriatric trauma patients. The purpose of this study is to determine whether lactate predicts mortality better than TVS. METH...

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Main Authors: Salottolo, Kristin M, Mains, Charles W, Offner, Patrick J, Bourg, Pamela W, Bar-Or, David
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3598961/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23410202
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-7241-21-7
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