Galveston Orientation and Amnesia Test: applicability and relation with the Glasgow Coma Scale

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Silvia Cristina Fürbringer E Silva²  Regina Marcia Cardoso De Sousa¹ 

[1] ,São Camilo University Center

关键词: amnesia;    craniocerebral trauma;    Glasgow coma scale;    amnesia;    trauma craniocerebral;    Escala de Coma de Glasgow;    amnésia;    trauma craniocerebral;    escala de coma de Glasgow;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-11692007000400020

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Restrictions in the application of the Galveston Orientation and Amnesia Test and questionings about the relationship between conscience and post-traumatic amnesia motivated this study, which aims to identify, through the Glasgow Coma Scale scores, when to initiate the application of this amnesia test, as well to verify the relationship between the results of these two indicators. The longitudinal prospective study was carried at a referral center for trauma care in São Paulo - Brazil. The sample consisted of 73 victims of blunt traumatic brain injury, admitted at this institution between January 03rd and May 03rd 2001. Regarding the applicability, the test could be applied in patients with a Glasgow Coma Scale score > 12; however, the end of post traumatic amnesia was verified in patients who scored > 14 on the scale. A significant relationship (r s = 0.65) was verified between these measures, although different kinds of relationship between the end of the amnesia and changes in consciousness were observed.

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