Glasgow Coma Scale and outcomes after structural traumatic head injury in early childhood.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the association of the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) with radiological evidence of head injury (the Abbreviated Injury Scale for the head region, AIS-HR) in young children hospitalized with traumatic head injury (THI), and the predictive value of GCS and AIS-HR scores for long-term i...

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Main Authors: Natasha L Heather, José G B Derraik, John Beca, Paul L Hofman, Rangi Dansey, James Hamill, Wayne S Cutfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3846816?pdf=render