A new subarachnoid hemorrhage grading system based on the Glasgow Coma Scale: A comparison with the Hunt and Hess and World Federation of Neurological Surgeons Scales in a clinical series

Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 140-148

  Oshiro, Eric M ^a   Walter, Kevin A ^b   Piantadosi, Steven ^a   Witham, Timothy F ^b   Tamargo, Rafael J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysm; Grading system; Kappa statistics; Outcome; Prognosis; Severity of illness index; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; COMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRANIOTOMY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; LENGTH OF STAY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030927178     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199707000-00029     Document Type: Review

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