Outline Of Unresponsiveness Score Research Articles

Comparison of the Full Outline of Unresponsiveness Score with the Glasgow Coma Scale as a Coma Assessment Scale in Pediatric Intensive Care

AbstractRapid assessment of cerebral dysfunction is crucial for the management of patients in intensive care units. The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) evaluates eye, verbal, and motor responses, but is insufficient to effectively evaluate patients on mechanical ventilation, or who are unable to speak. The Full Outline of Unresponsiveness (FOUR) score includes additional information such as brainstem reflexes and respiratory status to provide a more complete clinical assessment. In this study, we aimed to compare the FOUR score with GCS in the assessment of patients with coma. This prospective study included patients between 1 month and under 18 years of age, who were hospitalized in the pediatric intensive care unit due to risk of coma or ongoing impairment of consciousness between May 2018 and June 2019. Information regarding FOUR scores, GCS values, patient demographics, duration of hospitalization, requirement for mechanical ventilation, and patient comorbidities were recorded and analyzed. Among the 80 patients included in the study, a statistically significant correlation was found between (low) GCS and FOUR scores during admission, and mortality and requirement for mechanical ventilation. Monitoring the level of consciousness is important in pediatric intensive care units and may be predictive of the course and disease outcome. Similar to the GCS, the FOUR score is a good indicator for predicting mortality and requirement for mechanical ventilation.

Comparison of the Full Outline of Unresponsiveness score with Glasgow coma scale in comatose patients: A diagnostic study

Comparison of the Full Outline of Unresponsiveness score with Glasgow coma scale in comatose patients: A diagnostic study

Role of transcranial Doppler and FOUR score in assessment of sepsis-associated encephalopathy

Background Monitoring of the septic complications on the brain is useful in management and in attenuating the effect of sepsis-related cerebral complications on outcome. Patients and methods A transcranial Doppler probe was applied through the temporal bone window at both sides of the skull within the first day of diagnosing sepsis for 10 s. The values of the brain side with the highest peak systolic velocity (PSV) and end diastolic velocity (EDV) were registered. We calculated the pulsatility index (PI) as follows: PI=(PSV−EDV)/mean velocity; the neurological status was evaluated 6 h after sedation cessation, using Glasgow Coma Scale and Full Outline of UnResponsiveness score. Results There was a significant difference in the PI between conscious patients and patients suffering from sepsis-associated encephalopathy. Conclusion PI is a predictor of sepsis-associated encephalopathy in septic patients.

Research Brief: Swedish Translation and Reliability of the Full Outline of Unresponsiveness Score.

Research Brief: Swedish Translation and Reliability of the Full Outline of Unresponsiveness Score.

Research on relevant factors affecting results of extubation of trachea cannula in neurocritical care patients

Objective To Explored the relative factors which caused the extubation failure in neurological intensive care unit (NICU).Methods It was a retrospective study.40 cases of patients who met the criteria,were brought into statistical analysis.They were admitted in NICU in Nan Fang Hospital from December 2008 to February 2011.The name,sex,age,diagnosis,respiratory parameters,24 hours discrepancy quantity,sputum,and Glasgow Coma Scale,Full Outline of UnResponsiveness Scale were recorded.SPSS 13.0 was used as statistic software.P ＜ 0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results Both in extubation successful and failure groups,GCS and Four were significantly different (all P ＜ 0.05).Howerer,there were no statistically significant in the other factors.There were significantly differences between GCS and Four in predicting extubation results (P =0.012).Logistic multiple regression showed that Four and GCS grade were predictive factor of extubation failure (P =0.041).Conclusions The result suggests that it is statistically significant to use GCS and Four as factors to predict extubation results.It can be widely used to help medical personnels monitoring the changes of patients'clinical conditions,judging prognosis,and making treatment plan in NICU.Wether other factors would effect the extubation results,more prospective,randomized controlled studies were needed. Key words: Neurological intensive care unit ; Extubation ; Success rate ; Failure rate ; Glasgow Coma Scale; Full outline of unresponsiveness score; Retrospective; Influence factor

The relevance of severity scores in predicting outcome after cardiac arrest

Evaluation of: Rittenberger JC, Tisherman SA, Holm MB, Guyette FX, Callaway CW. An early, novel illness severity score to predict outcome after cardiac arrest. Resuscitation doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.06.024 (2011) (Epub ahead of print).Cardiac arrest is a major health and economic problem, with a mortality rate remaining unacceptably high. Prediction of outcome in this setting, especially if determined in the early phase after hospital admission, would allow clinicians to prioritize rapid therapeutic interventions, to better stratify patients’ severity of illness, to reconsider the intensity of care and to readdress resource utilization. This article focuses on the possibility of using a severity-of-illness score, combining the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score and the Full Outline of Unresponsiveness score, to predict morbidity and mortality after cardiac arrest.