The Glasgow Outcome Scale-40 years of application and refinement

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 477-485

  McMillan, Tom ^a   Wilson, Lindsay ^b   Ponsford, Jennie ^c   Levin, Harvey ^d   Teasdale, Graham ^a   Bond, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN INJURY ASSESSMENT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISABILITY RATING SCALE; DISABILITY SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT MEASURE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; GLASGOW OUTCOME AT DISCHARGE SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SYDNEY PSYCHOSOCIAL REINTEGRATION SCALE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; DISABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

BRAIN INJURIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84978523054     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2016.89     Document Type: Review

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