Early clinical predictive factors during coma recovery

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 93, 2005, Pages 201-205

  Formisano, R ^a   Bivona, U ^a,b   Penta, F ^a   Giustini, M ^b   Buzzi, M G ^a   Ciurli, P ^a   Matteis, M ^a   Barba, C ^a   Vedova, C Della ^a   Vinicola, V ^a   Taggi, F ^b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

outcome; predictive factors; prolonged coma; psychomotor agitation; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMA, POST-HEAD INJURY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85052609232     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-211-27577-0_36     Document Type: Article

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