Prehospital Lactate Predicts Need for Resuscitative Care in Non-hypotensive Trauma Patients

INTRODUCTION: The prehospital decision of whether to triage a patient to a trauma center can be difficult. Traditional decision rules are based heavily on vital sign abnormalities, which are insensitive in predicting severe injury. Prehospital lactate (PLac) measurement could better inform the triag...

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Autores principales: St. John, Alexander E., McCoy, Andrew M., Moyes, Allison G., Guyette, Francis X., Bulger, Eileen M., Sayre, Michael R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2018
Materias:
Trauma
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5851492/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29560047
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2017.10.34674

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