The diagnostic accuracy of the Revised Westmead PTA Scale as an adjunct to the Glasgow Coma Scale in the early identification of cognitive impairment in patients with mild traumatic brain injury

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1100-1106

  Shores, E A ^a   Lammel A ^a   Hullick, C ^b   Sheedy, J ^c   Flynn, M ^d   Levick, W ^b   Batchelor, J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d South Australia Ambulance Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WESTMEAD PTA SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNESIA; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOFTWARE;

EID: 53149144304     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2007.132571     Document Type: Article

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