Muscle Oxygen Saturation Improves Diagnostic Association Between Initial Vital Signs and Major Hemorrhage: A Prospective Observational Study
Abstract
During initial assessment of trauma patients, vital signs do not identify all patients with life‐threatening hemorrhage. We hypothesized that a novel vital sign, muscle oxygen saturation (SmO2), could provide independent diagnostic information beyond routine vital signs for identification of hemorrhaging patients who require packed red blood cell (RBC) transfusion.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Feb 29, 2016
- Source ID
- 10.1111/acem.12899
Entities
People
- Andrew T. Reisner
- Daniel D. Yeh
- Erin Kittell
- Jaques Reifman
- Jason B. Smith
- Jianbo Liu
- Jill E. Thorsen
- John T. Rubin
- Shwetha Edla
Organizations
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- United States Army Medical Research and Development Command
- United States Department of Defense