King's Outcome Scale for Childhood Head Injury (KOSCHI) - prognosis category

General Details:

Name:
King's Outcome Scale for Childhood Head Injury (KOSCHI) - prognosis category
Steward:
NINDS
Definition:
The category that best describes the child's prognosis by the King's Outcome Scale for Childhood Head Injury (KOSCHI), which is a specific pediatric adaptation of the original adult Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS).
Registration Status:
Qualified

Permissible Values:

Data Type:
Value List
Unit of Measure:
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Value Code Name Code Code System Code Description
1 Death Death
2 Vegetative Vegetative
3a Severe Disability (Child may be fully conscious and able to communicate but unable to carry out any self-care activities) Severe Disability (Child may be fully conscious and able to communicate but unable to carry out any self-care activities)
3b Severe Disability (Child has a continuing high level of dependency but can assist in daily activities) 4a=Moderate Disability (Child is mostly independent but needs a degree of supervision/actual help for physical and behavioral problems) Severe Disability (Child has a continuing high level of dependency but can assist in daily activities) 4a=Moderate Disability (Child is mostly independent but needs a degree of supervision/actual help for physical and behavioral problems)
4b Moderate Disability (Child is age-appropriately independent but has residual problems with learning/behavior or neurological sequelae affecting function) Moderate Disability (Child is age-appropriately independent but has residual problems with learning/behavior or neurological sequelae affecting function)
5a Good recovery (Only assigned if child's head injury has resulted in a new condition which does not interfere with the child's well being and/or functioning) Good recovery (Only assigned if child's head injury has resulted in a new condition which does not interfere with the child's well being and/or functioning)
5b Good recovery (Implies that the information available is that the child has made a complete recovery with no detectable sequelae from the head injury) Good recovery (Implies that the information available is that the child has made a complete recovery with no detectable sequelae from the head injury)

Designations:

Designation:
King's Outcome Scale for Childhood Head Injury (KOSCHI) - prognosis category
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Designations:

Definition:
The category that best describes the child's prognosis by the King's Outcome Scale for Childhood Head Injury (KOSCHI), which is a specific pediatric adaptation of the original adult Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS).
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Document:
Crouchman M, Rossiter L, Colaco T, Forsyth R. A practical outcome scale for paediatric head injury. Arch Dis Child 2001; 84: 1204. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1718639/pdf/v084p00120.pdf

Identifiers:

Source:
NLM
Id:
3g0e65D6uwA
Version:
3.1
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NINDS
Id:
C13231
Version:
3
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BRICS Variable Name
Id:
KOSCHIProgCat
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