Comparison of the full outline of unresponsiveness score and the glasgow coma scale in predicting mortality in critically Ill patients

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 439-444

  Wijdicks, Eelco F M ^a   Kramer, Andrew A ^b   Rohs, Thomas ^c   Hanna, Susan ^c   Sadaka, Farid ^d   O'Brien, Jacklyn ^d   Bible, Shonna ^e   Dickess, Stacy M ^f   Foss, Michelle ^g  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b CERNER CORPORATION   (United States)

^c BORGESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Gibbs Cancer Center and Research Institute   (United States)

^f St Mary's Medical Center Huntington   (United States)

^g Shawnee Mission Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem reflexes; Coma; Critical illness; Intensive care unit; Prognosis; Scales

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; FULL OUTLINE OF UNRESPONSIVENESS SCORE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

APACHE; BRAIN STEM; COMA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84925348127     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000707     Document Type: Article

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