Modified Glasgow coma scale to predict mortality in febrile unconscious children

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 311-314

  Chaturvedi, Pushpa ^a   Kishore, Manu ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Febrile unconscious children; Modified glasgow coma scale; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMA; FEMALE; FEVER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMA; FEMALE; FEVER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035319214     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02721834     Document Type: Article

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