Outcome scoring in neurosurgery: The cognitive outcome score, an alternative to the Glasgow outcome scale

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-123

  Dunne, Victoria G ^a   Besser, Michael ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive outcome score; Glasgow outcome scale; Qualitative; Quantitative

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 14744271085     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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