Improvement in GOS and GOSE scores 6 and 12 months after severe traumatic brain injury
Improvement in GOS and GOSE scores 6 and 12 months after severe traumatic brain injury
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DOI:
10.1080/02699050701727460
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发表时间:
2007-11-01
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影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
Garcia-Huete, Lucia
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作者:
Corral, Luisa;Luis Ventura, Jose;Garcia-Huete, Lucia
Primary objective: To assess improvements in Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) and GOS extended (GOSE) scores between 6 months and 1 year following severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).Methods and procedures: One studied 214 adult patients with severe TBI with Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) < 9 admitted to Intensive Care Unit (ICU). GOS scores were obtained 6 and 12 months after injury in 195 subjects. Patients were predominantly male (84%) and median age was 35 years.Main outcomes and results: Outcome (GOS and GOSE at 6 months and I year) was better in the high GCS score at admission (6-8) group than in the low score group (3-5). The improvement in GOS scores between 6 months and 1 year was greater in the high GCS score at admission group than in the low score group. At 6 months, 75 patients had died and 120 survived. None died between the 6-12-month assessments; at 12 months, 36% had improved GOS score.Conclusions: GOS scores improved between 6-12 months after severe TBI in 36% of survivors and it is concluded that the expectancy of improvement is incomplete at 6 months. This improvement was greater in patients with better GCS scores (6-8) at admission than in those with worse GCS scores (3-5).