Clinical scales for comatose patients: The Glasgow Coma Scale in historical context and the new FOUR score

Reviews in Neurological Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 109-117

  Wijdicks, Eelco F M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

FOUR Score; Glasgow Coma Scale; Head injury; Scales; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN STEM; BRAINSTEM REFLEX; BREATHING RATE; COMA; COMATOSE PATIENT; CONSCIOUSNESS; CORNEA REFLEX; COUGH REFLEX; COUGHING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EYE TRACKING; EYELID; FULL OUTLINE OF UNRESPONSIVENESS SCORE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN; PATIENT CODING; PUPIL REFLEX; REFLEX; RESPIRATORY DRIVE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY;

BRAIN INJURIES; COMA; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 33749322997     PISSN: 15452913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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