Does a prehospital glasgow coma scale score predict pediatric outcomes?

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1027-1032

  Nesiama, Jo Ann O ^a   Pirallo, Ronald G ^b   Lerner, E Brooke ^b   Hennes, Halim ^a  

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

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

disability rating scale; Glasgow Coma Scale score; Glasgow outcome score; prehospital

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DISABILITY RATING SCALE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; TRAUMA CENTERS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84867397419     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31826cac31     Document Type: Article

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