Validation of the Simplified Motor Score for the Prediction of Brain Injury Outcomes After Trauma

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-24

  Haukoos, Jason S ^a,b   Gill, Michelle R ^c   Rabon, Rick E ^a   Gravitz, Craig S ^a   Green, Steven M ^c  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMPLIFIED MOTOR SCORE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 34250328378     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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