British hospitals and different versions of the Glasgow coma scale: Telephone survey

British Medical Journal

Volumn 327, Issue 7418, 2003, Pages 782-783

  Wiese, Martin F ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BRAIN INJURY; CORONER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; TELEPHONE; TRAINING;

EID: 0141751669     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.327.7418.782     Document Type: Review

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