Validation of a new coma scale: The FOUR score

By E. Wijdicks, W. Bamlet, Boby Varkey Maramattom, E. Manno, R. McClelland. Annals of Neurology, 2005

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European Resuscitation Council and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Guidelines 2021: Post-resuscitation care. (2021, background): “Alternatively, in order to minimise the risk of corneal abrasion, an air or water squirt can be used [311].”
Classification of Traumatic Brain Injury for Targeted Therapies (2008, positive): “Other neurological severity scales include the Brus-sells Coma Grades, Grady Coma Grades, Innsbruck Coma Scale, and the FOUR score scale (Brihaye et al., 1978; Fleischer et al., 1976; Gerstenbrand et al., 1970; Wijdicks et al., 2005).”
Diagnostic accuracy of the vegetative and minimally conscious state: Clinical consensus versus standardized neurobehavioral assessment (2009, result): “We recently showed that the proportion of patients diagnosed with MCS by the CRS-R was significantly higher as compared to other neurobehavioral scales such as the Glasgow Coma Scale [13], the Full Outline of UnResponsiveness [14] and the Wessex Head Injury Matrix [15].”
From unresponsive wakefulness to minimally conscious PLUS and functional locked-in syndromes: recent advances in our understanding of disorders of consciousness (2011, background): “scale (FOUR, [ 52 ]) Yes Absent Poor Excellent Good Unproven Unproven Yes”