Interrater Reliability of 3 Simplified Neurologic Scales Applied to Adults Presenting to the Emergency Department With Altered Levels of Consciousness

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Gill, Michelle ^a   Martens, Kevin ^a   Lynch, Elizabeth L ^a   Salih, Ahmad ^a   Green, Steven M ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACDU SCALE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVPU SCALE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMPLIFIED MOTOR SCALE;

EID: 33947139089     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.03.031     Document Type: Article

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