Validation of the simplified motor score in the out-of-Hospital setting for the prediction of outcomes after traumatic brain injury

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 417-425

  Thompson, David O ^a,b   Hurtado, Timothy R ^a,c   Liao, Michael M ^a,b   Byyny, Richard L ^a,b   Gravitz, Craig ^a   Haukoos, Jason S ^a,b,d  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Front Range Emergency Specialists   (United States)

^d Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMPLIFIED MOTOR SCORE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); ROC CURVE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054992677     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.05.033     Document Type: Article

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