• The Rancho Los Amigos Scale (RLAS), a.k.a. the Rancho Los Amigos Levels of Cognitive Functioning Scale (LOCF) or Rancho Scale, is a medical scale used to assess individuals after a closed head injury, including traumatic brain injury, based on cognitive and behavioural presentations as they emerge from coma. (wikipedia.org)
  • Differential effects of the Glasgow Coma Scale Score and its Components: An analysis of 54,069 patients with traumatic brain injury. (euro-firany.pl)
  • The Disability Rating Scale (DRS) is a short, efficient, and rapid instrument for assessing levels of functional disability, but little information is available on the translation and psychometric properties of its Persian version, especially for traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients. (ac.ir)
  • Clinical utility and psychometric properties of the Disability Rating Scale with individuals with traumatic brain injury. (ac.ir)
  • 6. Deepika A, Devi BI, Shukla D. Predictive validity of disability rating scale in determining functional outcome in patients with severe traumatic brain injury. (ac.ir)
  • Longitudinal description of the disability rating scale for individuals in the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research traumatic brain injury model systems national database. (ac.ir)
  • Reliability and sensitivity to change of measurement instruments used in a traumatic brain injury population. (ac.ir)
  • INTRODUCTION: The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is widely used in the assessment of clinical severity and prediction of outcome after traumatic brain injury (TBI). (wi-health.eu)
  • Examples of ordinal outcome measures are the modified Rankin Scale (for stroke), the Glasgow Outcome Scale (for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), the Guillain Barré syndrome disability score, the NYHA Functional Classification (for heart failure) and the Rutherford Classification (for peripheral artery disease). (biomedcentral.com)
  • The new analysis included children with head injuries of all severities -- from deep coma to normal neurologic status -- and categorized the injuries as mild, moderate or severe, based on the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), a scale commonly used by physicians to assess the mental status of trauma victims. (itnonline.com)
  • Characteristics and comparisons of functional assessment indices: Disability rating scale, functional independence measure, and functional assessment measure. (ac.ir)
  • The experience gained since it was first described in 1974 has advanced the assessment of the Scale through the development of a modern structured approach with improved accuracy reliability and communication in its use. (wi-health.eu)
  • The Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol, revised scale for alcohol withdrawal score objectifies alcohol withdrawal severity to help guide therapy. (ebmedicine.net)
  • The Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol, revised (CIWA-Ar) scale provides an efficient and objective means of assessing alcohol withdrawal that can then be utilized in treatment protocols. (ebmedicine.net)
  • Assessment protocols utilizing the CIWA-Ar scale vary and include medication dosing triggered by symptoms only and combined symptom-triggered and fixed-dose medication dosing. (ebmedicine.net)
  • The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is a reproducible tool used to measure the depth and duration of the consciousness level of comatose patients, especially in emergency departments by healthcare professionals for neurological assessment. (rjhs.pk)
  • It displays good inter-rater reliability among physicians and nurses. (springer.com)
  • The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is widely used, yet complicated by clunkiness and poor inter-rater reliability ( explanation of kappa ). (blogspot.com)
  • Yet, even if the numbers did mean something, the GCS has been found to have abysmal inter-rater reliability. (blogspot.com)
  • However, inter-rater reliability of GCS scoring has been shown to be low for inexperienced users, especially for the motor component. (wi-health.eu)
  • Nurses performed the screening on admission, and inter-rater reliability was established. (bvsalud.org)
  • Reliability and validity of the Disability Rating Scale and the Levels of Cognitive Functioning Scale in monitoring recovery from severe head injury. (wikipedia.org)
  • Disability Rating Scale (DRS). (medscape.com)
  • 7. Malec JF, Hammond FM, Giacino JT, Whyte J, Wright J. Structured interview to improve the reliability and psychometric integrity of the Disability Rating Scale. (ac.ir)
  • voice cloning In 1974, two professors of neurosurgery at the Institute of Neurological Sciences, University of Glasgow , Graham Teasdale and Bryan J. Aim of the study is to assess knowledge and attitude of staff nurses regarding Glasgow coma scale before and after planned teaching programme. (wi-health.eu)
  • It is important for members of rehabilitation teams, specifically physical therapists (PTs) and nurses, to have knowledge of the GCS and the necessary skills to apply the scale and interpret the results. (rjhs.pk)
  • This eight-level scale was found to possess test-retest and interrater reliability as well as concurrent and predictive validity. (wikipedia.org)
  • Background Despite widespread use of the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II), its interrater reliability has not been well studied. (mcmaster.ca)
  • Objective To determine interrater reliability of APACHE II scores among 1 intensive care nurse and 2 research clerks. (mcmaster.ca)
  • The reliability of the Glasgow Coma Scale: a systematic review. (euro-firany.pl)
  • Meseguer-Henarejos AB, Sánchez-Meca J, López-Pina JA, Carles-Hernández R. Inter- and intra-rater reliability of the Modified Ashworth Scale: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (trdizin.gov.tr)
  • Information on interobserver reliability was also extracted. (springer.com)
  • Fourteen studies demonstrated good interobserver reliability of the FOUR score. (springer.com)
  • GLASGOW COMA SCALE The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) was developed to assess the level of neurologic injury, and includes assessments of movement, speech, and eye opening This avoids the need to make arbitrary distinctions between consciousness and different levels of coma Brain injury is often classified as Severe (GCS ≤ 8), Moderate (GCS 9. (wi-health.eu)
  • However, approximately 50% of patients with head injuries who require emergency neurosurgery present with head injuries that are classified as moderate or mild (Glasgow Coma Scale scores 9-13 and 14-15, respectively). (medscape.com)
  • Traditionally, the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) has been widely adopted to document and formally assess neurological status. (springer.com)
  • The Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) was developed to measure global brain functioning rather than to specifically assess a particular mental or physical outcome. (wi-health.eu)
  • This method could be used to assess reliability of other illness severity scores. (mcmaster.ca)
  • The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is routinely used to assess head injuries in an emergency department. (medscape.com)
  • This 15-point scale is used to assess eye (spontaneous opening = 4 to no response = 1), motor (obeys commands = 6 to no response = 1), and verbal responses (oriented = 5 to no response = 1) in an attempt to quantify the patient's level of consciousness. (medscape.com)
  • The primary outcome of interest was patient global outcome, as assessed by any of: mortality, modified Rankin Score, Glasgow Outcome Score, or any other functional or neuropsychiatric outcome. (springer.com)
  • Thirty-two studies demonstrated equivalency or superiority of the FOUR score compared to Glasgow Coma Score in prediction of mortality and functional outcomes. (springer.com)
  • Glasgow Coma Scale, også kaldet Glasgow Coma Score eller blot GCS bruges af læger, sygeplejersker og ambulancepersonale til at bedømme en persons bevidsthedstilstand. (wi-health.eu)
  • mardi in french Der Glasgow Coma Score lässt auch eine grobe Abschätzung des Schweregrades eines Schädel-Hirn-Traumas zu: Wert. (wi-health.eu)
  • Items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale (low score of 1 to high score of 5) to determine a raw item score. (sralab.org)
  • Finally, this mean domain score is then multiplied by 4 in order to transform the domain score into a scaled score, with a higher score indicating a higher QOL. (sralab.org)
  • A poor outcome was defined as a Glasgow outcome score (GOS) of 1-3. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A higher Glasgow coma scale (GCS) score on admission was a negative predictor of seizures (OR 0.61 [0.46-0.83], p = 0.001). (biomedcentral.com)
  • National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and Modified Rankin Score (MRS) were used for measuring the degree of disability (on admission, at the time of discharge and 3 months after thrombolytic therapy). (ac.ir)
  • Furthermore, a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 3 to 8 was found to be associated with the highest risk of death as well as prolonged ICU length of stay. (integralife.com)
  • With the knowledge of the subjectivity and poor reliability of the GCS, one may give the breakdown of points rather than a simple total GCS and describe the neurologic examination. (blogspot.com)
  • The validity, reliability, and repeatability of the DRS scores for the Persian version were confirmed. (ac.ir)
  • loss of consciousness and motor control leading to a sleep/coma-like state due to acute circumstantial stress ) might best be classified according to @Monacraft's excellent answer. (stackexchange.com)
  • It is widely used clinically and is often paired with the Glasgow Coma Scale in health care facilities. (wikipedia.org)
  • The RLS is widely used in Swedish healthcare and has been shown to predict outcome at least as well as the Glasgow Coma Scale in patients at risk of developing impaired brain function 6-8 . (riksstroke.org)
  • As a result, these datasets, which are widely used for research, may have significant limitations in data reliability [ 7 , 8 ]. (ceemjournal.org)
  • Committee scale is a commonly used scale to determine the prognosis after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). (wi-health.eu)
  • Since its introduction, by the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM) International Injury Scaling Committee (IISC), the parent organization of the AIS modified the AIS, most recently in 2005 (AIS-2005). (medscape.com)
  • All patients were evaluated on admission and at discharge through the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) and Functional Independence Measure (FIM). (ac.ir)
  • Inter-raters' reliability on admission and at discharge stages was excellent (intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.93-0.94). (ac.ir)
  • Level of consciousness on admission to hospital is recorded using three levels based on the Reaction Level Scale (RLS 85) 5 . (riksstroke.org)
  • Autonomic nervous system (ANS) measurements, Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), and functional magnetic resonance-diffusion tensor imaging (fMRI-DTI) were used to measure the peripheral nervous system indicators and brain networks, and to evaluate patients' behavior levels. (frontiersin.org)
  • The aim of this study was to translate and adapt the Persian version of DRS and to determine the psychometric properties of the Persian version of this scale in patients with TBI. (ac.ir)
  • Outcome was assessed in 23 patients via parent-rated questionnaires related to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and executive functioning, using the Conners 3rd Edition Rating Scales (Conners-3) and Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) at a mean time since injury of 3.1 years. (biomedcentral.com)
  • To further explore temporal trends in TBI using a high-reliability dataset, we sought to examine the IDPH Trauma Registry to determine changes in demographics and outcome of patients, in Illinois, presenting with TBI over a 9-year timeframe. (ceemjournal.org)
  • In the IMPACT study (9578 patients in 265 hospitals, mean number of patients per hospital = 36), the analysis of the ordinal scale rather than the dichotomized scale ('unfavorable outcome'), allowed for up to 32% less patients in the analysis without a loss of power. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Certain scores on the Glasgow Coma Scale have significance. (wi-health.eu)
  • Higher levels of neuron specific enolase (NSE) and lower levels of soluble neuron cell adhesion molecule (sNCAM) were associated with higher scores on the inattention, hyperactivity/impulsivity and executive functioning scales of the Conners-3, as well as working memory and initiate scales of the MI from the BRIEF. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Higher levels of NSE only were associated with higher scores on the inhibit scale of the BRI. (biomedcentral.com)
  • frequently, treatment begins with benzodiazepines when CIWA-Ar scale scores reach 8 to 10, with standing or as-needed dosing for scores of 10 to 20. (ebmedicine.net)
  • Many clinical continuous or ordinal outcome scales do exist and are recorded, but these are often dichotomized (favorable and unfavorable) in quality of care comparisons, for reasons of simplicity. (biomedcentral.com)
  • McCrea's sideline evaluation uses recitation of the months of the year in reverse order after a study by Young et al showed the lack of reliability of the "serial 7s" test (serial subtraction by 7 from 100) in the baseline evaluation of mental status even in non-head-injured athletes. (medscape.com)
  • Glasgow Coma Scale Magazines, Glasgow Coma Scale eBooks, Glasgow Coma Scale Publications, Glasgow Coma Scale Publishers Description: Read interactive Glasgow Coma Scale publications at FlipHTML5, download Glasgow Coma Scale PDF documents for free. (wi-health.eu)
  • One recent study showed that the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Trauma Registry has infrequent incongruent dispositions, a finding suggesting high reliability [ 9 ]. (ceemjournal.org)
  • Although reasonable efforts were made to confirm the accuracy of the information, Alberta Health Services does not make any representation or warranty, express, implied or statutory, as to the accuracy, reliability, completeness, applicability or fitness for a particular purpose of such information. (alberta.ca)
  • Reilly PL, Simpson DA, Sprod R, Thomas L. Assessing the conscious level in infants and young children: a paediatric version of the Glasgow Coma Scale. (trdizin.gov.tr)
  • Glasgow Coma Scale Demographic information and means of scales (ISS, GCS, and Deaad 14 4. (wi-health.eu)
  • There is also some evidence for combined symptom-triggered and fixed-schedule treatment utilizing the CIWA-Ar scale (Daeppen 2002). (ebmedicine.net)