An initial Glasgow Coma Scale score of 8 or less does not define severe brain injury - Fitzgerald M, Tan T, Rosenfeld JV, Noonan M, Tee J, Ng E, Mathew J, Broderick S, Kim Y, Groombridge C, Udy A, Mitra B.

The wide-spread use of an initial 'Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) 8 or less' to define and dichotomise 'severe' from 'mild' or 'moderate' traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an out-dated research heuristic that has become an epidemiological convenience transfixing c...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news