Prehospital and Emergency Department Vital Sign Abnormalities Among Injured Children
We identified poor correlation between prehospital and ED vital signs. In both settings, vital sign abnormalities were associated with major trauma. The combined use of prehospital and ED vital signs improved predictive value for major trauma, suggesting potential for future integration into trauma triage tools.
Authors
- Ryan G. Spurrier
- Christian Martin‐Gill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3522-2100)
- Jillian K. Gorski
- Pradip P. Chaudhari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7732-632X)
- Sriram Ramgopal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1389-5726)
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- Lurie Children's Hospital (US)
- Children's Hospital of Los Angeles (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Lurie Children's Hospital (US)
- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
Publication Details
- Journal
- Prehospital Emergency Care
- Published
- 2025-04-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10903127.2025.2488062
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00