Title |
Inter-rater reliability of the Full Outline of UnResponsiveness score and the Glasgow Coma Scale in critically ill patients: a prospective observational study
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Published in |
Critical Care, April 2010
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DOI | 10.1186/cc8963 |
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Authors |
Michael Fischer, Stephan Rüegg, Adam Czaplinski, Monika Strohmeier, Angelika Lehmann, Franziska Tschan, Patrick R Hunziker, Stephan C Marsch |
Abstract |
The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is the most widely used scoring system for comatose patients in intensive care. Limitations of the GCS include the impossibility to assess the verbal score in intubated or aphasic patients, and an inconsistent inter-rater reliability. The FOUR (Full Outline of UnResponsiveness) score, a new coma scale not reliant on verbal response, was recently proposed. The aim of the present study was to compare the inter-rater reliability of the GCS and the FOUR score among unselected patients in general critical care. A further aim was to compare the inter-rater reliability of neurologists with that of intensive care unit (ICU) staff. |
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