Decreased Glasgow Coma Scale score in medical patients as an indicator for intubation in the Emergency Department: Why are we doing it?

doi:10.6061/clinics/2021/e2282

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. 2021 Mar 8:76:e2282.

doi: 10.6061/clinics/2021/e2282. eCollection 2021.

Decreased Glasgow Coma Scale score in medical patients as an indicator for intubation in the Emergency Department: Why are we doing it?

Sabrina Correa da Costa Ribeiro¹

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PMID: 33681943
PMCID: PMC7920397
DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2021/e2282

Editorial

Decreased Glasgow Coma Scale score in medical patients as an indicator for intubation in the Emergency Department: Why are we doing it?

Sabrina Correa da Costa Ribeiro. Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2021.

. 2021 Mar 8:76:e2282.

doi: 10.6061/clinics/2021/e2282. eCollection 2021.

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Sabrina Correa da Costa Ribeiro¹

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¹ Emergencias Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR.

PMID: 33681943
PMCID: PMC7920397
DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2021/e2282

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1. Frank C, Heyland DK, Chen B, Farquhar D, Myers K, Iwaasa K. Determining resuscitation preferences of elderly inpatients: a review of the literature. CMAJ. 2003;169(8):795–9. - PMC - PubMed
1. Teasdale G, Jennett B. Assessment of coma and impaired consciousness. A practical scale. Lancet. 1974;2(7872):81–4. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(74)91639-0. - DOI - PubMed
1. ATLS Subcommittee; American College of Surgeons’ Committee on Trauma; International ATLS working group Advanced trauma life support (ATLS®): the ninth edition. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2013;74(5):1363–6. - PubMed
1. Gentleman D. Causes and effects of systemic complications among severely head injured patients transferred to a neurosurgical unit. Int Surg. 1992;77(4):297–302. - PubMed

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[1] Ouchi K, Jambaulikar GD, Hohmann S, George NR, Aaronson EL, Sudore R, et al. Prognosis After Emergency Department Intubation to Inform Shared Decision-Making. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2018;66(7):1377–81. doi: 10.1111/jgs.15361. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[2] Ouchi K, Jambaulikar GD, Hohmann S, George NR, Aaronson EL, Sudore R, et al. Prognosis After Emergency Department Intubation to Inform Shared Decision-Making. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2018;66(7):1377–81. doi: 10.1111/jgs.15361. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[3] Frank C, Heyland DK, Chen B, Farquhar D, Myers K, Iwaasa K. Determining resuscitation preferences of elderly inpatients: a review of the literature. CMAJ. 2003;169(8):795–9. - PMC - PubMed

[4] Frank C, Heyland DK, Chen B, Farquhar D, Myers K, Iwaasa K. Determining resuscitation preferences of elderly inpatients: a review of the literature. CMAJ. 2003;169(8):795–9. - PMC - PubMed

[5] Teasdale G, Jennett B. Assessment of coma and impaired consciousness. A practical scale. Lancet. 1974;2(7872):81–4. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(74)91639-0. - DOI - PubMed

[6] Teasdale G, Jennett B. Assessment of coma and impaired consciousness. A practical scale. Lancet. 1974;2(7872):81–4. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(74)91639-0. - DOI - PubMed

[7] ATLS Subcommittee; American College of Surgeons’ Committee on Trauma; International ATLS working group Advanced trauma life support (ATLS®): the ninth edition. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2013;74(5):1363–6. - PubMed

[8] ATLS Subcommittee; American College of Surgeons’ Committee on Trauma; International ATLS working group Advanced trauma life support (ATLS®): the ninth edition. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2013;74(5):1363–6. - PubMed

[9] Gentleman D. Causes and effects of systemic complications among severely head injured patients transferred to a neurosurgical unit. Int Surg. 1992;77(4):297–302. - PubMed

[10] Gentleman D. Causes and effects of systemic complications among severely head injured patients transferred to a neurosurgical unit. Int Surg. 1992;77(4):297–302. - PubMed

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