The Journal of infection
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The Journal of infection · Sep 1998
A prospective study of Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), age, CSF-neutrophil count, and CSF-protein and glucose levels as prognostic indicators in 100 adult patients with meningitis.
The Glasgow coma scale (GCS) is an objective measurement of a patient's level of consciousness and has prognostic implications in traumatic head injuries. Morbidity and mortality of patients with meningitis have been related amongst others to level of consciousness, hypoglycorrhachia, extremes of age, and high CSF protein values. In this prospective study of 100 patients the correlation between the GCS, age, CSF-neutrophil count and CSF-glucose and protein levels and the eventual outcome of the patients was assessed. ⋯ A good correlation between both the GCS and CSF-protein level at admission and the outcome of patients with meningitis was found, with the GCS value being a better prognostic indicator than high CSF protein levels.