TY - JOUR AU - Mutschler, Manuel AU - Nienaber, Ulrike AU - Brockamp, Thomas AU - Wafaisade, Arasch AU - Fabian, Tobias AU - Paffrath, Thomas AU - Bouillon, Bertil AU - Maegele, Marc AU - the TraumaRegister DGU PY - 2013 DA - 2013/03/06 TI - Renaissance of base deficit for the initial assessment of trauma patients: a base deficit-based classification for hypovolemic shock developed on data from 16,305 patients derived from the TraumaRegister DGU® JO - Critical Care SP - R42 VL - 17 IS - 2 AB - The recognition and management of hypovolemic shock still remain an important task during initial trauma assessment. Recently, we have questioned the validity of the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) classification of hypovolemic shock by demonstrating that the suggested combination of heart rate, systolic blood pressure and Glasgow Coma Scale displays substantial deficits in reflecting clinical reality. The aim of this study was to introduce and validate a new classification of hypovolemic shock based upon base deficit (BD) at emergency department (ED) arrival. SN - 1364-8535 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/cc12555 DO - 10.1186/cc12555 ID - Mutschler2013 ER -