Introduction of a novel trauma score.

  • Michael Hoffmann
  • Wolfgang Lehmann
  • Johannes Maria Rueger
  • Rolf Lefering
  • Trauma Registry Of The German Society For Trauma Surgery

Abstract

Early diagnosis of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and reliable prediction of outcome are essential for determining treatment strategies and allocating resources. This study introduces the Eppendorf-Cologne Scale (ECS) and evaluated its predictive accuracy for outcome and TBI presence compared with those of the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS).

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
Article number6
ISSN0022-5282
Publication statusPublished - 2012
pubmed 23188250