Simplifying the use of prognostic information in traumatic brain injury. – Part 1 The GCS-Pupils score an extended index of clinical severity (2018) Paul M. Brennan

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This clinical article determines the benefit of combining the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) scores and pupil responses into a simple arithmetic index called the GCS-Pupils score (GCS-P). Analyzing large pooled data sets, the GCS-P (range 1–15) was found to extend prognostic information and accurately predict patient outcome and mortality in traumatic brain injury with performance comparable to more complex methods.