Predictors of 30-day mortality in orthogeriatric fracture patients aged 85 years or above admitted from the emergency department
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Patients arriving by ambulance to the Emergency Department; vital signs and 30 day mortality
Background Vital signs outside the normal range on arrival to an emergency department are related to a poor prognostic outcome. However, the knowledge of the prognostic value of vital signs measured in the ambulance is scarce. The aim of the study was to describe vital signs measured in the ambulance (saturation, systolic blood pressure, pulse, respiratory frequency and Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1863-9933,1863-9941
DOI: 10.1007/s00068-019-01278-z