A Comparison of the Predictive Value of the Glasgow Coma Scale and the Kampala Trauma Score for Mortality and Length of Hospital Stay in Head Injury Patients at a Tertiary Hospital in Uganda: A Diagnostic Prospective Study

INTRODUCTION: The prevalence rates of head injury have been shown to be as high as 25% among trauma patients with severe head injury contributing to about 31% of all trauma deaths. Triage utilizes numerical cutoff points along the scores continuum to predict the greatest number of people who would h...

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Autores principales: Ariaka, Herbert, Kiryabwire, Joel, Hussein, Ssenyonjo, Ogwal, Alfred, Nkonge, Emmanuel, Oyania, Felix
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7578722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33110935
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/1362741

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7578722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33110935
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/1362741

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