The Glasgow Coma Scale at 40 years: Standing the test of time

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 844-854

  Teasdale, Graham ^a   Maas, Andrew ^b   Lecky, Fiona ^c   Manley, Geoffrey ^d   Stocchetti, Nino ^e   Murray, Gordon ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSENSUS; CONTINUING EDUCATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; NOTE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

BRAIN INJURIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84904270315     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(14)70120-6     Document Type: Note

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