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   What is the Glasgow Coma Scale/Score (GCS)?

   • The Glasgow Coma Scale/Score (GCS) estimates coma severity based on Eye (4), Verbal (5), and Motor (6) criteria.

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   What is the inter-rater reliability of the Glasgow Coma Scale?

   • The inter-rater reliability of the total Glasgow Coma Scale is p = 0.86. Some research has subdivided the inter-rater reliability for each subscale. For the eye score the inter-rater reliability is p = 0.76, the verbal score is p = 0.67, and the motor score is p=0.81.

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   Is the Glasgow Coma Scale suitable for young children?

   • The GCS has limited applicability to children, especially below the age of 36 months (when the verbal performance of even a healthy child would be expected to be poor). Consequently, the Paediatric Glasgow Coma Scale was developed for assessing younger children.

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   What is a comatose Coma Score?

   • Patients with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 7 or less are considered comatose. Patients with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 8 or less are considered to have suffered a severe head injury. As previously mentioned, accommodations are made for intubated patients but also those with gross facial edema, or swelling.

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2. my.clevelandclinic.org › health › diagnosticsGlasgow Coma Scale (GCS): What It Is, Interpretation & Chart

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   Mar 26, 2023 · Learn how the GCS measures consciousness and tracks changes in neurological function. A score of 15 means you're alert and oriented, but may have some confusion or disorientation.

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   A tool for assessing coma severity based on eye, verbal, and motor responses. Learn how to use it, why it was developed, and what are its limitations and updates.

4. nurse.org › articles › glasgow-coma-scaleWhat is Glasgow Coma Scale? Interpretation and Normal Range

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   Apr 26, 2023 · The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is a tool to measure the level of consciousness of patients with brain injury. A score of 15 is the highest possible score, indicating normal or oriented verbal, motor and eye responses.

   • How do you assess the level of consciousness using the Glasgow Coma Scale?

     There are three aspects to the GCS that are assessed to determine a patient’s level of consciousness. They are motor responsiveness, verbal perform...
   • What is a good score on the Glasgow Coma Scale?

     The highest possible score is 15 (fully conscious) and the lowest possible score is 3 (coma or dead).
   • What are the 5 levels of consciousness?

     Conscious, Preconscious, Unconscious, Non-conscious, and Subconscious.
   • What does a Glasgow Coma Scale of 8 or less indicate?

     Patients with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 8 or less are considered to have suffered a severe head injury.
   • How do you calculate GCS intubated?

     The maximum GCS score is 10T and the minimum score is 2T for intubated patients.
   • What are the components of the Glasgow Coma Scale?

     The three components are motor responsiveness, verbal performance, and eye-opening.

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   A person's GCS score can range from 3 (completely unresponsive) to 15 (responsive). This score is used to guide immediate medical care after a brain injury (such as a car accident) and also to monitor hospitalised patients and track their level of consciousness.

   • LOINC: 35088-4

   • MeSH: D015600

6. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › books › NBK513298Glasgow Coma Scale - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf

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   Jun 12, 2023 · The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is used to objectively describe the extent of impaired consciousness in all types of acute medical and trauma patients. The scale assesses patients according to three aspects of responsiveness: eye-opening, motor, and verbal responses.

   • Author: Shobhit Jain, Lindsay M. Iverson
   • Published: 2023/06/12

   • Publish Year: 2019

7. www.biausa.org › glasgow-coma-scaleGlasgow Coma Scale - Brain Injury Association of America

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   GCS Total Score Level of Brain Injury; 13 to 15: Mild Brain Injury: 9 to 12: Moderate Brain Injury: 3 to 8: Severe Brain Injury

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   Objective. Coma: no motor response to intense painful stimulation. The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) was first created by Graham Teasdale and Bryan Jennett in 1974. It is a clinical scale to assess a patient’s “depth and duration of impaired consciousness and coma” following an acute brain injury [1].