A practical method for dealing with missing Glasgow Coma Scale verbal component scores
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A practical review of the Glasgow Coma Scale and Score.
Since the Glasgow Coma Scale was introduced in 1974,(1) it has become the most common method of describing a patient's level of consciousness. However, despite its almost universal use, there remain a number of misunderstandings, particularly regarding the appropriate situations in which to use the Glasgow Coma Score rather than the Scale, and also in the correct way to elicit and record the mo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurosurgery
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0022-3085,1933-0693
DOI: 10.3171/2020.6.jns20992