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Abstract
The observations of pallor, sweating, agitation and restlessness, at the time of an
injured patient's admission to the resuscitation room, were compared with other more
complex indices of injury severity and the ability of each observation to predict
mortality was observed. The number of positive observations was significantly related
to the Revised Trauma Score and the Injury Severity Score, and pallor was significantly
related to mortality. The observation that an injured patient is pale is an important
index of severity.
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Publication history
Accepted:
October 20,
1993
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© 1994 Published by Elsevier Inc.
