Usefulness of the abbreviated injury score and the injury severity score in comparison to the Glasgow Coma Scale in predicting outcome after traumatic brain injury

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 946-950

  Foreman, Brandon P ^b   Caesar, R Ruth ^a   Parks, Jennifer ^a   Madden, Christopher ^a   Gentilello, Larry M ^a   Shafi, Shahid ^a   Carlile, Mary C ^c   Harper, Caryn R ^a   Diaz Arrastia, Ramon R ^a  

^a Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Abbreviated injury scale; Glasgow Coma Scale; Injury severity scale; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34247191277     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000229796.14717.3a     Document Type: Article

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