Comparison of the Full Outline of UnResponsiveness score and the Glasgow Coma Scale in predicting mortality in critically ill patients*.

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Impaired consciousness has been incorporated in prediction models that are used in the ICU. The Glasgow Coma Scale has value but is incomplete and cannot be assessed in intubated patients accurately. The Full Outline of UnResponsiveness score may be a better predictor of mortality in critically ill patients.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Crit. Care Med.

Title: Critical care medicine

Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

ISSN (Electronic): 1530-0293

ISSN (Print): 0090-3493

Publication date (Electronic): Feb 2015

Volume: 43

Issue: 2

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[1 ] 1Division of Critical Care Neurology, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. 2Cerner Corporation, Vienna, VA. 3Department of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Borgess Medical Center, Kalamazoo, MI. 4Department of Critical Care, Borgess Medical Center, Kalamazoo, MI. 5Department of Critical Care Medicine, Mercy Hospital, St. Louis, MO. 6Project Management/Quality, Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, Spartanburg, SC. 7Performance Improvement Department, St. Mary's Medical Center, Huntington, WV. 8Intensive Care Unit, Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Shawnee Mission, KS.

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DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000707

PubMed ID: 25393699

SO-VID: 8b8ea5f5-4ab7-4adf-a0c3-3adc45abce08

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