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Use of the reverse shock index for identifying high-risk patients in a five-level triage system
BACKGROUND: The ratio of systolic blood pressure (SBP) to heart rate (HR), called the reverse shock index (RSI), is used to evaluate the hemodynamic stability of trauma patients. To minimize undertriage in emergency departments (EDs), we evaluated whether RSI < 1 (i.e., SBP lower than HR) could b...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4748603/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26861172 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13049-016-0208-5 |