“…Over time, the SI has been linked to many variables in an attempt to assess patients' clinical conditions more accurately. A connection has been found between SI and (1) length of hospital stay in intensive care units (ICUs) (McNab et al , ), (2) days of invasive ventilation (McNab et al , ), (3) need for transfusions (Vandromme et al , ; McNab et al , ; DeMuro et al , ), (4) septic complications (Berger et al , ) and (5) death in patients with pulmonary embolism (Toosi et al , ) and septic shock (Yussof et al , ). The SI is evaluated both at the trauma scene (pre‐hospital SI‐pH) and in the emergency room (SI‐ER).…”