Clinical Applications of Heart Rate Variability in the Triage and Assessment of Traumatically Injured Patients
Heart rate variability (HRV) is a method of physiologic assessment which uses fluctuations in the RR intervals to evaluate modulation of the heart rate by the autonomic nervous system (ANS). Decreased variability has been studied as a marker of increased pathology and a predictor of morbidity and mo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2011-01-01
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| Series: | Anesthesiology Research and Practice |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/416590 |