To what extent are GCS and AVPU equivalent to each other when assessing the level of consciousness of children with head injury? A cross-sectional study of UK hospital admissions

Authors :: Nuttall, Amy G. L.
Paton, Katie M.
Kemp, Alison M.
Publication Year :: 2018
Publisher :: BMJ Publishing Group, 2018.
Abstract: Objective To evaluate utility and equivalence of Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) and the Alert, Voice, Pain, Unresponsive (AVPU) scale in children with head injury. Design Cross sectional study. Setting UK hospital admissions: September 2009–February 2010. Patients 1 year significantly more had a CT scan when GCS

Subjects :: endocrine system
health services administration
polycyclic compounds
sense organs
hormones, hormone substitutes, and hormone antagonists

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