The Glasgow Coma Scale - A brief review. Past, present, future

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 75-89

  Matis, Georgios ^a,b   Birbilis, Theodossios ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Applications; Glasgow Coma Scale; Head trauma; History; Limitations; Principles of scoring; Review; Trends

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTOXICATION; INTUBATION; MANAGED CARE; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NOCICEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARDIZATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREND STUDY;

EID: 57649099732     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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