Association of Japan Coma Scale score on hospital arrival with in-hospital mortality among trauma patients.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The Japan Coma Scale (JCS) score has been widely used to assess patients' consciousness level in Japan. JCS scores are divided into four main categories: alert (0) and one-, two-, and three-digit codes based on an eye response test, each of which has three subcategories. The purpose of this study was to investigate the utility of the JCS score on hospital arrival in predicting outcomes among adult trauma patients. METHODS:Using the Japan Trauma Data Bank, we conducted a nationwide registry-based retrospective cohort study. Patients 16 years old or older directly transported from the trauma scene between January 2004 and December 2017 were included. Our primary outcome was in-hospital mortality. We examined outcome prediction accuracy based on area under the receiver operating ch

SUBMITTER: Yumoto T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6836363 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature