A mathematical outcome prediction model in severe head injury: a pilot study
Mukherjee, K.K.; Sharma, B.S.; Ramanathan, S.M.; Khandelwal, N.; Kak, V.K.
Neurology India 48(1): 43-48
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-3886 PMID: 10751813 Document Number: 525808
103 patients of head injury, with a Glasgow coma scale (GCS) score of 8 or less, were studied prospectively. GCS score, brain stem reflexes, motor score, reaction level scale, and Glasgow Liege scale were evaluated as prognostic variables. Linear logistic regression analysis was used to obtain coefficients of these variables and mathematical formulae developed to predict outcome in individual patients.