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Ardagh, Michael W, Hodgson, Timothy, Shaw, Leanne, Turner, Duncan |
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Emergency Medicine; Mar2001, Vol. 13 Issue 1, p43, 4p, 4 Charts, 1 Graph |
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Objective: To evaluate a calculation of pulse rate over pulse pressure as a method of predicting decompensation in patients with compensated haemorrhagic shock. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was undertaken enrolling 184 adult victims of major road trauma who were not shocked on presentation to the emergency department. A pulse rate over pressure evaluation was calculated at presentation and vital signs were observed during the first 2 h of emergency department management. Results: Thirty-one patients became shocked during their first 2 h. A ROPE value of greater than 3.0 had a positive predictive value of 53% and a value less than 3.0 had a negative predictive value of 86% for the development of decompensated shock. Conclusions: ROPE is an easily applied and useful clinical tool with a ROPE of less than 3.0 being predictive of a patient remaining well and a ROPE of above 3.0 being predictive of the patient developing decompensated shock. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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