Statistical Modelling in Analysis of Outcome after Trauma Glasgow-Coma-Scale and Innsbruck-Coma-Scale

Aim of the study: The current study investigated the Glasgow-Coma-Scale (GCS) and the Innsbruck-Coma-Scale (ICS) for accuracy and reliability of prehospital prediction of non-survival. Methods: 254 patients were scored immediately after trauma. Results: Both scales equally predicted nonsurvival with low scores (p < 0.001). The ICS was slightly better in overall prediction of patient outcome (ICS: 84.98 %; GCS: 82.68 %), but more importantly, statistical analysis (logistic regression model) showed a greater distance between the median scores of survivors and non-survivors, when scored with the ICS (survival: 12;…