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Inclusion and exclusion criteria. |
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| Inclusion criteria |
NISS > 15. |
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| Exclusion criteria |
First hospital admission more than 24 hours after injury. |
| Patients declared dead before hospital arrival, or with no signs of life on hospital arrival and no response to hospital resuscitation. |
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| Asphyxia. |
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| Drowning. |
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| Burn patients should be excluded if the burn represents the predominant injury, or if the patient is treated in a specialised burn unit. |
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NISS: New Injury Severity Score [43]. Signs of life: Pupillary response, spontaneous ventilation, presence of carotid pulse, measurable or palpable blood pressure, extremity movement, or cardiac electrical activity [51]. | |
Ringdal et al. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2008 16:7 doi:10.1186/1757-7241-16-7 |
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