Association of the Verbal Component of the GCS With Mortality in Patients With Encephalopathy Who Are Not Undergoing Mechanical Ventilation.

Olga SelioutskiPeggy AuingerOmar K SiddiqiBenedict Daniel Michael Clayton T Buback Gretchen L Birbeck

Published in: Neurology (2021)

This study provides Class I evidence that the verbal component of the GCS does not significantly contribute to a total GCS score in mortality prediction among encephalopathic patients who are not intubated.

Keyphrases

mechanical ventilation
working memory
cardiovascular events
acute respiratory distress syndrome
intensive care unit
risk factors
early onset
type diabetes
coronary artery disease