In-hospital mortality and the Glasgow Coma Scale in the first 72 hours after traumatic brain injury Escala de Coma de Glasgow en las primeras 72 horas postrauma encefalocraneano y mortalidad hospitalaria Escala de Coma de Glasgow nas primeiras 72 horas após trauma cranioencefálico e mortalidade hospitalar

This study verifies and compares the performance of three different scores obtained in the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) in the first 72 hours post trauma in predicting in-hospital mortality. The studied scores included those obtained after initial care was provided at the hospital, and the worst and bes...

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Main Authors: Cristina Helena Costanti Settervall, Regina Marcia Cardoso de Sousa, Silvia Cristina Fürbringer e Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2011-12-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692011000600009