A Manual for the Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended Interview

Does the extended Glasgow Outcome Scale add value to the conventional Glasgow Outcome Scale?

The Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) is firmly established as the primary outcome measure for use in Phase III trials of interventions in traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, the GOS has been criticized for its lack of sensitivity to detect small but clinically relevant changes in outcome. The Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended (GOSE) potentially addresses this criticism, and in this study we estimate...

Structured interviews for the Glasgow Outcome Scale and the extended Glasgow Outcome Scale: guidelines for their use.

The Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) is the most widely used outcome measure after traumatic brain injury, but it is increasingly recognized to have important limitations. It is proposed that shortcomings of the GOS can be addressed by adopting a standard format for the interview used to assign outcome. A set of guidelines are outlined that are directed at the main problems encountered in applying t...

A Glasgow Manual of Obstetrics

A method for reducing misclassification in the extended Glasgow Outcome Score.

The eight-point extended Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOSE) is commonly used as the primary outcome measure in traumatic brain injury (TBI) clinical trials. The outcome is conventionally collected through a structured interview with the patient alone or together with a caretaker. Despite the fact that using the structured interview questionnaires helps reach agreement in GOSE assessment between rater...

effect of erythropoietin on glasgow coma scale and glasgow outcome scale in patient with diffuse axonal injury

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none fa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background : erythropoietin (epo) as a major stimulator of red blood cell (rbc) production play a key role on brain protection and have a caring effect on neurons from hypoxic or traumatic injury. the objective of this trial was to study the safety and efficacy of recombinant human epo (rhepo) on level of consciousness and ot...