Revised trauma score: An additive predictor of disability following traumatic brain injury?

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 456-461

  Zafonte, Ross D ^a,b   Hammond, Flora M ^a,c   Mann, Nancy R ^a,b   Wood, Deborah L ^a   Millis, Scott R ^a,b   Black, Kertia L ^a,b  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Charlotte Inst of Rehabilitation   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Head Injury; Hypoxia Ischemic Injury; Outcome; Revised Trauma Score; Trauma; Trauma Scores

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DISABILITY RATING SCALE (DRS); GLASGOW COMA SCALE (GCS); HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC INJURIES; PEARSON'S CORRELATION METHOD; REVISED TRAUMA SCORE (RTS); TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI);

NEUROLOGY;

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISABILITY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN INJURIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 0030293299     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002060-199611000-00011     Document Type: Article

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