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Shock index as a prognosticator for emergent surgical intervention and mortality in trauma patients in Johannesburg: A retrospective cohort study

INTRODUCTION: Trauma is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide with exsanguination being the primary preventable cause through early surgical intervention. We assessed two popular trauma scoring systems, injury severity scores (ISS) and shock index (SI) to determine the optimal cut o...

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Autores principales: Crawford, Richard, Kruger, Deirdre, Moeng, Maeyane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8365323/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34429962
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2021.102710