The Glasgow Coma Scale: History and current practice

Trauma

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 91-103

  Jennett, Bryan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

coma; CT scan; head injury; monitoring for complications; predicting outcome; severity of brain dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PROGNOSIS; SEDATION;

EID: 0036439910     PISSN: 14604086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1460408602ta233oa     Document Type: Article

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