The Glasgow Coma Scale: time for critical reappraisal?

The Glasgow Coma Scale: time for critical reappraisal?

www.thelancet.com/neurology Vol 13 August 2014 755 in astrocytes. Furthermore, KIR4.1 loss will also occur when oligodendrocytes are lost in the demyelinating process or astrocyte processes are damaged by mechanisms independent of antibody-mediated and complement-mediated immune reactions. Finally, technical issues of immunocytochemistry (eg, use of frozen vs paraffi n sections) and exact stagi...

The Prognostic Value of Admission Glasgow Coma Scale and AVPU in Acute Drug Poisoning Patients

Glasgow Coma Scale Scoring is Often Inaccurate.

INTRODUCTION The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is widely applied in the emergency setting; it is used to guide trauma triage and for the application of essential interventions such as endotracheal intubation. However, inter-rater reliability of GCS scoring has been shown to be low for inexperienced users, especially for the motor component. Concerns regarding the accuracy and validity of GCS scoring...

Good mortality prediction by Glasgow Coma Scale for neurosurgical patients.

BACKGROUND How to effectively use the finite resources of an intensive care unit (ICU) for neurosurgical patients is a critical decision-making process. Mortality prediction models are effective tools for allocating facilities. This study intended to distinguish the prediction power of the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II), the Simplified Acute Physiology Score II (S...

Path dependence and the persistence of the Glasgow Coma Scale.