Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria (Nov 2024)

Validation to Brazilian Portuguese of the coma recovery scale-revised

  • Ana Paula Silva Champs,
  • Thayse Nayara Freitas do Vale Santanna,
  • Christian Marques Couto,
  • Roberta Correa Macedo,
  • Patricia Sola Penna,
  • Luciana Charchar Vilas Boas Cruz,
  • Rafael Xavier da Silva-Neto,
  • Luiz Sérgio Vaz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0044-1791657
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 82, no. 11
pp. 001 – 008

Abstract

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Background To improve the diagnostic accuracy of the state of consciousness of patients with severe brain injury, Giacino et al. introduced the Coma Recovery Scale (CRS) in 1991, which underwent revision in 2004, resulting in the revised CRS scale (CRS-R).

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