BACKGROUND The rate of mortality and factors predicting worst outcomes in the geriatric
population presenting with trauma are not well established. This study aimed to examine …

Introduction This systematic review examines the relationship between blood loss and
clinical signs and explores its use to trigger clinical interventions in the management of …

Objective: The Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines recommend obtaining a serum lactate
measurement within 6 hours of presentation for all patients with suspected severe sepsis or …

The current definition of is inadequate for early recognition of this important cause of
maternal death that is responsible for> 80,000 deaths worldwide in 2015. A stronger …

Introduction Isolated vital signs (for example, heart rate or systolic blood pressure) have
been shown unreliable in the assessment of hypovolemic shock. In contrast, the Shock …

Background The current common and dogmatic opinion is that whole-body computed
tomography (WBCT) should not be performed in major trauma patients in shock. We aimed …

Background: In the prehospital environment, the failure of medical providers to recognize
latent physiologic derangement in patients with compensated shock may risk undertriage …

Importance Current prehospital traumatic brain injury guidelines use a systolic blood
pressure threshold of less than 90 mm Hg for treating hypotension for individuals 10 years …

Objectives: Prehospital triage of trauma patients is of paramount importance because
adequate trauma center referral improves survival. We developed a simple score that is …

Hemorrhagic shock (HS) management is based on a timely, rapid, definitive source control
of bleeding/s and on blood loss replacement. Stopping the hemorrhage from progressing …