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Development and Validation of a Novel Method for Converting the Japan Coma Scale to Glasgow Coma Scale
Authors
Mikio Nakajima, Yohei Okada, Tomohiro Sonoo, Tadahiro Goto
J-Stage
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jea/33/10/33_JE20220147/_article
PMC
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10483104/
Highlights
- No validated method for converting the Japan Coma Scale (JCS) to Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) exists.
- This study developed a novel method for converting the JCS to GCS.
- This study validated a high degree of concordance between the JCS and GCS in patients visiting the emergency department.
- The conversion method can be broadly utilized by researchers conducting clinical studies adopting the JCS.
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