Comparison of the Full Outline of Unresponsiveness Score Coma Scale and the Glasgow Coma Scale in an emergency setting population

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-36

  Eken, Cenker ^a   Kartal, Mutlu ^a   Bacanli, Ayse ^a   Eray, Oktay ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Altered level consciousness; Emergency population; Full Outline of Unresponsiveness Score; Glasgow Coma Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN TUMOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EYE; FEMALE; FULL OUTLINE OF UNRESPONSIVENESS SCORE COMA SCALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; MORTALITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANKIN SCALE; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; STROKE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ADOLESCENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349142406     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32830346ab     Document Type: Article

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