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Glasgow Outcome Scale

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Glasgow Outcome Scale,
a functional assessment inventory based on five global categories: death, persistent vegetative state, severe disability, moderate disability, and good recovery. It measures outcome. It has been criticized as lacking sensitivity to functionally significant changes.


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The Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) score on discharge from the hospital and again 3 months later, the length of stay in the NICU, the time required for blood clot lysis, the length of draining time, the development of any procedure-related or treatment-related complications, the need for inserting a permanent ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt system, and, finally, the total length of hospitalization were all documented.
The Company drug, dexanabinol did not demonstrate efficacy as measured by the primary clinical outcome endpoint, the Extended Glasgow Outcome Scale.
Risk factors were analyzed with respect to their influence on Outcome after surgery as measured by Glasgow Outcome Scale score.
 
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