The value of traditional vital signs, shock index, and age-based markers in predicting trauma mortality

R. Bruijns, Stevan; R Guly, H; Bouamra, Omar; Lecky, Fiona; A. Lee, Wallis

doi:10.1097/ta.0b013e31829246c7

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The value of traditional vital signs, shock index, and age-based markers in predicting trauma mortality

Published in The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care • May 21, 2013

Authors:

Stevan R. Bruijns

H R Guly

Omar Bouamra

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Systolic blood pressure (SBP), heart rate (HR), and respiratory rate are poor predictors of trauma outcome. We postulate that HR/SBP (shock index [SI]) and novel new markers SI × age (SIA), SBP / age (BPAI), maximum HR (220 - age) - HR (minpulse [MP]), and HR / maximum HR (pulse max inde...

Subject

Medicine

Vital signs

Receiver operating characteristic

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