1 40 1 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. URL Address <a href="http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2006.01648.x" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2006.01648.x</a> Pages 919–926 Issue 9 Volume 47 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Emergency medical service and in-hospital vital signs as predictors of subsequent PTSD symptom severity in pediatric injury patients. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2006 2006-09 Subject The topic of the resource POST-traumatic stress disorder; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; HEART beat; JUVENILE diseases; MEDICAL emergencies; PEDIATRIC trauma centers Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nugent Nicole R; Christopher Norman C; Delahanty Douglas L Description An account of the resource Background: The present study investigated the extent to which heart rate (HR) levels soon after a traumatic event predicted posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity assessed 6 weeks and 6 months later in child trauma victims. Methods: Participants consisted of 82 children (56 boys, 26 girls) aged 8–18 who were admitted to a Midwestern trauma center. HR data were recorded from emergency medical services (EMS) records, upon admission to the emergency department (ED), for the first 20 minutes following admission, and upon discharge. Subsequent PTSD and depressive symptoms were assessed 6-weeks and 6-months post-trauma. Results: HR recorded during EMS transport was significantly correlated with PTSD symptoms at 6 weeks ( r = .42) and at 6 months ( r = .35). After removing the variance associated with demographic variables and depressive symptoms, HR during EMS transport and averaged over the first 20 minutes following admission significantly predicted 6-week PTSD symptoms. The first recorded EMS HR measure significantly predicted 6-month PTSD symptoms. HR averaged over the first 20 minutes of EMS transport and averaged over the first 20 minutes following admission marginally predicted 6-month PTSD symptoms ( ps = .051 and .079, respectively). Conclusions: The present findings suggest that physiological arousal soon after a traumatic event may be associated with increased risk for the development of PTSD symptoms in child trauma victims. These findings provide preliminary support for the use of acute cardiovascular levels as markers of child trauma victims at higher risk of developing symptoms of PTSD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2006.01648.x" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1111/j.1469-7610.2006.01648.x</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Article information provided for research and reference use only. All rights are retained by the journal listed under publisher and/or the creator(s). 2006 Akron Children's Hospital CARDIOVASCULAR diseases Christopher Norman C Delahanty Douglas L Department of Emergency Medicine Department of Pediatrics HEART beat Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry JUVENILE diseases MEDICAL emergencies NEOMED College of Medicine Nugent Nicole R PEDIATRIC trauma centers POST-traumatic stress disorder