Using the abbreviated injury severity and glasgow coma scale scores to predict 2-week mortality after traumatic brain injury

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1172-1178

  Timmons, Shelly D ^a   Bee, Tiffany ^a   Webb, Sharon ^b   Diaz Arrastia, Ramon R ^c   Hesdorffer, Dale ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons   (United States)

Author keywords

Abbreviated injury severity score; Glasgow coma scale; Mortality; Outcome.; Prediction; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ABBREVIATED INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORT INJURY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81455140947     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31822b0f4b     Document Type: Article

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