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    • Coma scales for children with severe falciparum malaria 

      Newton, C. R.; Chokwe, T.; Schellenberg, J. A.; Winstanley, P. A.; Forster, D.; Peshu, N.; Kirkham, F. J.; Marsh, K. (Department of Medicine. College of Health Sciences. University of Nairobi, 1997-03)
      The Blantyre coma scale (BCS) is used to assess children with severe falciparum malaria, particularly as a criterion for cerebral malaria, but it has not been formally validated. We compared the BCS to the Adelaide coma ...