Evidence-based improvement of the National Trauma Triage Protocol: The Glasgow Coma Scale versus Glasgow Coma Scale motor subscale

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 95-102

  Brown, Joshua B ^a   Forsythe, Raquel M ^a   Stassen, Nicole A ^b   Peitzman, Andrew B ^a   Billiar, Timothy R ^a   Sperry, Jason L ^a   Gestring, Mark L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Glasgow Coma Scale; motor; Prehospital; trauma; triage

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CRUSH TRAUMA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; FRACTURE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE MOTOR SUBSCALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PELVIS FRACTURE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKULL FRACTURE; VITAL SIGN;

ADULT; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIAGE;

EID: 84903756868     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000280     Document Type: Article

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