Interrater reliability and predictive validity of the FOUR score coma scale in a pediatric population

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 261-267

  Cohen, Jennifer ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 73349118794     PISSN: 08880395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JNN.0b013e3181b2c766     Document Type: Article

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