Evaluation of coma: A critical appraisal of popular scoring systems

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 134-143

  Kornbluth, Joshua ^a   Bhardwaj, Anish ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coma; Consciousness; FOUR score; GCS; RLS85

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FULL OUTLINE OF UNRESPONSIVENESS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INNSBRUCK COMA SCALE; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REACTION LEVEL SCALE 85; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

COMA; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79551563582     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-010-9409-3     Document Type: Review

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