A Comparison of the Predictive Value of the Glasgow Coma Scale and the Kampala Trauma Score for Mortality and Length of Hospital Stay in Head Injury Patients at a Tertiary Hospital in Uganda: A Diagnostic Prospective Study

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Category</td><td class="align_center">GCS at admission</td><td class="align_center">KTS at admission</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Severe</td><td class="align_center">15 (65.2%)</td><td class="align_center">5 (21.7%)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Moderate</td><td class="align_center">7 (30.4%)</td><td class="align_center">16 (69.6%)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Mild</td><td class="align_center">1 (4.4%)</td><td class="align_center">2 (8.7%)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Categorization of injury of dead patients (<i>n</i> = 23).</div>

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Table 2: A Comparison of the Predictive Value of the Glasgow Coma Scale and the Kampala Trauma Score for Mortality and Length of Hospital Stay in Head Injury Patients at a Tertiary Hospital in Uganda: A Diagnostic Prospective Study 

Table 2 | A Comparison of the Predictive Value of the Glasgow Coma Scale and the Kampala Trauma Score for Mortality and Length of Hospital Stay in Head Injury Patients at a Tertiary Hospital in Uganda: A Diagnostic Prospective Study 