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Comparison of GCS at presentation vs GCS at discharge and outcome in conservatively managed group
| GCS at admission | Discharge GCS |
Outcome |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15-13 | 12-9 | 8-5 | <5 | Good | Independent | Dependent | Vegetative | Dead | |
| 15 – 13 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | ||||
| 12 – 9 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 8 – 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| < 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
p = 0.0009, statistically not significant. GCS of one patient was not known as he was managed conservatively and referred after one week.
