Dynamic vital signs may predict in-hospital mortality in elderly trauma patients

Trauma-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Elderly Patients

Objectives: The purpose of this multi-center study was to investigate the probable predictive factors of mortality and morbidity in elderlypopulation. Methods & Materials: The descriptive prospective study was conducted based on the data gathered from trauma cases older than 65 years admitted to Sina, Shohada and Fayaz-Bakhsh trauma centers during years 1997-98. A pre-prepared questionnaire ...

Manual vital signs reliably predict need for life-saving interventions in trauma patients.

OBJECTIVE Various types of diagnostic and monitoring techniques are available in the prehospital environment. It is unclear how increasing complexity of diagnostic equipment improves the ability to predict the need for a life-saving intervention (LSI). In this study, we determined whether the addition of diagnostic equipment improved the predictive power of vital signs and scores obtained only ...

Triage vital signs predict in-hospital mortality among emergency department patients with acute poisoning: a case control study

BACKGROUND To document the relationship between triage vital signs and in-hospital mortality among emergency department (ED) patients with acute poisoning. METHODS Poisoning patients who admitted to our emergency department during the study period were enrolled. Patient's demographic data were collected and odds ratios (OR) of triage vital signs to in-hospital mortality were assessed. Receive...

Vital signs: Vital for surviving in-hospital cardiac arrest?

Mortality Rate and its Determinants in Traumatized Elderly in Patients of karaj Shahid Madani Hospital

Background: Trauma is the leading cause of mortality and its unfavorable outcomes. This study was conducted to assess the mortality rate of trauma and its related factors among the patients traumatized elderly in patients of karaj shahid Madani hospital. Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of 240 aged traumatic patients from the shahid Madani training hospital, Alborz University of M...