Does modification of the Innsbruck and the Glasgow Coma Scales improve their ability to predict functional outcome?
By deleting items with low reliability from the ICS and the GCS we achieved improved reliability and predictive validity. The improvement in predictive power, however, was inadequate to accurately predict functional outcome. Combining clinical scales with other demographic, physiological, functional, and radiographic data will be needed to achieve useful predictions of functional outcome.
E/e' ratio is a useful independent prognostic parameter for predicting mortality in patients with AF with preserved LV systolic function.