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Shock index
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Is the patient likely to need a higher level of medical care based on the shock index?
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Purpose: To use the shock index to identify patients who may need more intensive care even though the vital signs may appear stable or not markedly abnormal.
Specialty: Cardiology, Emergency Medicine, Pulmonology
Objective: risk factors, severity, prognosis, stage, complications, selection, complication detection
ICD-10: I01, I02.0, I09.8, I50,
