Congestive Heart Failure: What You Need to Know. 1  Many disorders can cause congestive heart failure, such as high blood pressure, atherosclerosis, infections, heart valve issues, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmias, anemia and diabetes. 2  Complications include swelling of the legs (edema), kidney problems and fluid in the lungs.
Glasgow Coma Scale. The Glasgow coma scale is used to assess patients in a coma. The initial score correlates with the severity of brain injury and prognosis. The Glasgow Coma Scale provides a score in the range 3-15; patients with scores of 3-8 are usually said to be in a coma. Score for eye opening + score for [â¦]
Gillian S. McHugh,1 Bob Roozenbeek,2,4 Andrew I.R. Maas,4 and Gordon D. Murray1. Abstract. The Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) is ï¬rmly established as the primary outcome measure for use in Phase III. trials of interventions in traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, the GOS has been criticized for its lack of. sensitivity to detect small but clinically relevant changes in outcome.