This study was designed to determine the effect of military antishock trousers (MAST) use on the presenting emergency center trauma score (TS) in an urban prehospital setting. Sixty-eight patients were assigned randomly to study and control groups in a prospective investigation of the use of MAST on
Effect of antishock trousers on the trauma score: A prospective analysis
โ Scribed by WH Bickell; PE Pepe; DJ Applebaum; CH Wyatt; WR Dedo; KL Matto
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 156 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6760
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โฆ Synopsis
matic trousers group in AS had a 24% resuscitation rate and a 0% discharge rate. The difference in resuscitation rate with pneumatic trousers was not statistically significant in any of these categories. These somewhat enhanced resuscitation and discharge rates with the pneumatic trousers make it only an adjunct to be considered in patients presenting with bradyasystolic rhythms who are refractory to standard initial therapies.
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