The FOUR score predicts outcome in patients after traumatic brain injury

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 95-101

  Sadaka, Farid ^a   Patel, Darshan ^a   Lakshmanan, Rekha ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coma; Full Outline of UnResponsiveness (FOUR) score; Glasgow coma scale; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FULL OUTLINE OF UNRESPONSIVENESS SCORE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANKIN SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; COMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861093513     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-011-9617-5     Document Type: Article

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