Glasgow Coma Scale is unreliable for the prediction of severe head injury in elderly trauma patients

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 613-615

  Kehoe, A ^a   Rennie, S ^a   Smith, J E ^a,b  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN INJURIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84937884224     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2013-203488     Document Type: Article

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