Association between prehospital field to emergency department delta shock index and in-hospital mortality in patients with torso and extremity trauma: A multinational …

DK Kim, J Jeong, SD Shin, KJ Song, KJ Hong, YS Ro… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Hemorrhage, a main cause of mortality in patients with trauma, affects vital signs such as
blood pressure and heart rate. Shock index (SI), calculated as heart rate divided by systolic …

Delta shock index during emergency department stay is associated with in hospital mortality in critically ill patients

YS Huang, IM Chiu, MT Tsai, CF Lin, CF Lin - Frontiers in Medicine, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Delta shock index (SI; ie, change in SI over time) has been shown to predict
mortality and need for surgical intervention among trauma patients at the emergency …

A noninvasive stroke volume monitoring for early detection of minimal blood loss: a pilot study

D Epstein, A Guinzburg, S Sharon, S Kiso, Y Glick… - Shock, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Methods: This was a non-randomized controlled trial that enrolled healthy blood donors.
Vital signs, as well as shock index and stroke volume (SV), were recorded using …

Delta shock index predicts outcomes in pediatric trauma patients regardless of age

S Asmar, M Zeeshan, M Khurrum, J Con… - Journal of Surgical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction Changes in the shock index (ΔSI) can be a predictive tool but is not established
among pediatric trauma patients. The aim of our study was to assess the impact of ΔSI on …

Longer prehospital time decreases reliability of vital signs in the field: a dual center study

M Schellenberg, S Biswas, JM Bardes… - The American …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Field vital signs are integral in the American College of Surgeons (ASA)
Committee on Trauma (COT) triage criteria for trauma team activation (TTA). Reliability of …