Shock Index as a Marker for Significant Injury in Trauma Patients

W. King, Randall; C. Plewa, Michael; Buderer, Nancy; Barry Knotts, F.

doi:10.1111/j.1553-2712.1996.tb03351.x

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Shock Index as a Marker for Significant Injury in Trauma Patients

Published in Academic Emergency Medicine • Nov 1, 1996

Authors:

Randall W. King

Michael C. Plewa

Nancy Buderer

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the shock index (SI), defined as the ratio of heart rate (HR) to systolic blood pressure (SBP), is a useful marker for significant injury in trauma patients. METHODS: A retrospective database analysis was used to relate the SI to the clinical measures: death within 24...

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Medicine

Glasgow Coma Scale

Receiver operating characteristic

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