title: [Correlation between the Liège scale and a biomechanical marker of the cerebral lesion].
abstract: Brain type creatine kinase isoenzyme (CK.-1) was measured in the ventricular cerebrospinal fluid in a series of 42 patients within 7 +/- 3,4 hours following severe head injury (GCS less than or equal to 7, LCS less than or equal to 12). The presence of the CK.-1 isoenzyme correlated with the degree of head injury as indexed by the Glasgow coma scale and the Liege coma scale. There was a significant logarithmic correlation between CK.-1 activity in the C.S.F. and the coma scores. However, the correlation with the Liege coma scale score (r = -0,84) is significantly better (Z = 1,97; p less than 0,05) than with the Glasgow coma scale score (r = -0,65). Thus, the Liege coma scale is a better index of neurological trauma.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000201:enzymology; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012018:Reflex
chemical_list: D003402:Creatine Kinase
vernacular_title: Corrélation entre l'échelle de Liège et un marqueur biochimique de la lésion cérébrale.