Prehospital Blood Glucose Testing as a Predictor of Impending Hypotension in Adult Trauma Patients

Stress-induced hyperglycemia has been found to increase hemorrhagic shock, morbidity, and mortality in the trauma patient. The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether prehospital point-of-care glucose is an independent predictor of hypotension in the adult trauma patient transported by air ambu...

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