Open AccessFull Outline of UnResponsiveness score versus Glasgow Coma Scale in critically ill patients with altered sensorium: A comparison of inter-observer variability and outcomes
Author(s) -
Varun Suresh,
Lakshmi Narayana Yaddanapudi,
Subrata Podder
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/ija.ija_377_19
Subject(s) - glasgow coma scale , medicine , intensive care unit , logistic regression , cohen's kappa , apache ii , glasgow outcome scale , mechanical ventilation , kappa , level of consciousness , emergency medicine , anesthesia , statistics , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics
Glasgow Coma scale (GCS), the most widely used tool for evaluation of the level of consciousness has various limitations. The Full Outline of UnResponsiveness (FOUR) score is a possible alternative. The present study was designed to examine the inter-rater reliability and outcome predictability of these scores in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).