Endorsement of the FOUR score for consciousness assessment in neurosurgical patients

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 565-571

  Akavipat, Phuping ^a  

^a PRASAT NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Glasgow coma scale; Neurological assessment; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMATOSE PATIENT; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; FULL OUTLINE OF UNRESPONSIVENESS SCORE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROSURGERY; NURSE; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STUPOR; WAKEFULNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DISEASES; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP STAGES; STUPOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049110904     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.49.565     Document Type: Article

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