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Establishing outcome-driven vital signs ranges for children in the prehospital setting.

Sriram RamgopalChristopher M HorvatMichelle L MacyRebecca E CashRobert J SepanskiChristian Martin-Gill
Published in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2023)
Cut points for pediatric vital signs were associated with lifesaving interventions, and specific age-adjusted ranges can identify children at higher- and lower-risk for receipt of lifesaving intervention. These ranges may be combined with other objective measures to improve the assessment of children in the prehospital setting, assist in optimizing protocol utilization, improve transport decision-making, and guide destination selection.
Keyphrases
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