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How to encounter the child in coma [PDF]

Reviews in Clinical Medicine, 2014
Non-traumatic coma is a medical emergency and should be evaluated as soon as possible. Pediatric coma is more serious because of patient’s capacity of pathological stressor tolerance is limited especially in neonates.Several etiologies could be listed ...
Mohammad Hassan Aelami, Sepideh Bagheri, Seyed Morteza Rasti Sani   +2 more
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Practice and associated factors of Glasgow Coma Scale assessment among nurses working in adult intensive care units of federally administered hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Nursing Practice Today, 2022
Background & Aim: The Glasgow Coma Scale is a helpful instrument for measuring patients’ level of consciousness with neurosurgical disorders. Literature showed a majority of nurses don’t believe the Glasgow Coma Scale assessment is their area of ...
Habtamu Andualem, Temesgen Beyene, Wagari Tuli, Nigusie Walelgn, Samuel Derbie Habtegiorgis, Wodaje Gietaneh, Molla Yigzaw Birhanu   +6 more
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Knowledge of Glasgow Coma Scale among Nurses in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2022
Introduction: Glasgow Coma Scale is a dependable and unprejudiced neurological evaluation kit applied for evaluating and recording the level of consciousness of a person. Evaluation of consciousness level using Glasgow Coma Scale is a tool necessitating
Bidur KC, Mohamed Zaidan Adil
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Modified Glasgow coma scale for predicting outcome after subarachnoid hemorrhage surgery

Medicine, 2021
There are many grading scales that attempt to predict outcome following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). Most scales used to assess outcome are based on the neurological status of the patient. Here, we propose a new scale for aSAH patients that
In-Suk Bae, Hyoung-Joon Chun, Kyu-Sun Choi, H. Yi   +3 more
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How to Measure the Glasgow Coma Scale

Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2017
Steven M. Green, Jason S. Haukoos, David L. Schriger   +2 more
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Validity of Glasgow coma scale and brain computed tomography in predicting outcome of patients with acute traumatic brain injury

Basrah Journal of Surgery, 2023
Background: The most powerful independent prognostic variables were GCS and CT characteristics. Since the introduction of CT imaging, the treatment of patients with head injury has improved considerably and it has become a powerful prognostic tool for ...
Thikra Abdul jebbar Hussein
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Effect of erythropoietin on SOFA score, Glasgow Coma Scale and mortality in traumatic brain injury patients: a randomized-double-blind controlled trial. [PDF]

Ann Med Surg (Lond)
Boskabadi SJ, Heydari F, Mohammadnejad F, Gholipour Baradari A, Moosazadeh M, Dashti A.   +5 more
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Diagnosing Level of Consciousness: The Limits of the Glasgow Coma Scale Total Score

Journal of Neurotrauma, 2020
In nearly all clinical and research contexts, the initial severity of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) is measured using the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) total score.
Yelena G. Bodien, A. Barra, N. Temkin, Jason Barber, B. Foreman, M. Vassar, C. Robertson, Sabrina R. Taylor, A. Markowitz, G. Manley, J. Giacino, B. Edlow   +11 more
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The association of Glasgow Coma Scale score with characteristics of patients admitted to the intensive care unit

Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, 2022
We investigated the associations between Glasgow Coma Scale scores and individuals' characteristics in patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit following an emergency surgery compared with other Intensive Care Unit patients.
Mohammad Fathi, Nader Markazi Moghaddam, Sanaz Zargar Balaye Jame, Mohammad Darvishi, Morteza Mortazavi   +4 more
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Glasgow Coma Scale Motor Score and Pupillary Reaction To Predict Six-Month Mortality in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury: Comparison of Field and Admission Assessment

Journal of Neurotrauma, 2014
Marek Majdán, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Daan Nieboer, W Mauritz, Martin Rusňák, Hester F. Lingsma   +5 more
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