Validation of the Simplified Motor Score in patients with traumatic brain injury at a major trauma centre in South Africa
Background. This study used data from a large prospectively entered database to assess the efficacy of the motor score (M score) component of the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) and the Simplified Motor Score (SMS) in predicting overall outcome in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI).Objective. To sa...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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South African Medical Association
2018-02-01
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Series: | South African Medical Journal |
Online Access: | http://www.samj.org.za/index.php/samj/article/download/12197/8378 |