The effect of age on glasgow coma scale score in patients with traumatic brain injury

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 149, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 727-734

  Salottolo, Kristin ^a,b   Stewart Levy, A ^b   Slone, Denetta S ^a,c   Mains, Charles W ^b,c   Bar Or, David ^a,b,c  

^a SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ROCKY VISTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84904396640     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.13     Document Type: Article

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