Inaccuracy and misjudged factors of Glasgow Coma Scale scores when assessed by inexperienced physicians

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 393-398

  Namiki, Jun ^a   Yamazaki, Motoyasu ^a,b   Funabiki, Tomohiro ^a,b   Hori, Shingo ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SAISEIKAI YOKOHAMASHI TOBU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Consciousness level; Emergency department; Glasgow Coma Scale; Simulation; Triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEORECORDING;

BRAIN INJURIES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PATIENT SIMULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 79955836958     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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