Glasgow Coma Scale score at intensive care unit discharge predicts the 1-year outcome of patients with severe traumatic brain injury

European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 285-292

  Leitgeb, J ^a   Mauritz, W ^b,c   Brazinova, A ^c,d   Majdan, M ^d   Janciak, I ^c   Wilbacher, I ^c   Rusnak, M ^c,d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Unfallkrankenhaus Lorenz Bohler   (Austria)

^c International Neurotrauma Research Organization INRO   (Austria)

^d TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Glasgow Coma Scale score; Glasgow Outcome Scale score; Long term outcomes; Severe; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878777525     PISSN: 18639933     EISSN: 16153146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00068-013-0269-3     Document Type: Article

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