Validation of a new coma scale, the four score, in the emergency department

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-54

  Stead, Latha G ^a   Wijdicks, Eelco F M ^a   Bhagra, Anjali ^a   Kashyap, Rahul ^a   Bellolio, M Fernanda ^a   Nash, David L ^a   Enduri, Sailaja ^a   Schears, Raquel ^a   William, Bamlet ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Four score; Glasgow coma scale; Neurologic

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FULL OUTLINE OF UNRESPONSIVENESS SCORE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; RESIDENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADULT; BREATHING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMA; CONVALESCENCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MORTALITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63249096508     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-008-9145-0     Document Type: Article

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