Open AccessWhich score should be used in intubated patients′ Glasgow coma scale or full outline of unresponsiveness?
Author(s) -
Mohammad Ali Heidari Gorji,
Ali Morad Heidari Gorji,
Seyed Hossein Hosseini
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of applied and basic medical research/international journal of applied and basic medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2248-9606
pISSN - 2229-516X
DOI - 10.4103/2229-516x.157152
Subject(s) - glasgow coma scale , medicine , logistic regression , intensive care unit , level of consciousness , mortality rate , glasgow outcome scale , emergency medicine , coma (optics) , anesthesia , pediatrics , physics , optics
Today Glasgow coma scale (GCS) is the most well-known and common score for evaluation of the level of consciousness and outcome predict after traumatic brain injuries in the world. Regarding to some advantages of the full outline of unresponsiveness (FOUR) score over GCS in intubated patients, we're going to compare the precision of these two scores in predicting the outcome predict in intubated patients.