Saturday, September 15, 2007

GLASGOW COMA SCALE

Glasgow Coma Scale - is use to assess the neurological functioning of comatose patients.

Eye opening:
Spontaneous opening = 4
To speech = 3
To pain = 2
No response = 1

Best Motor Response:
Obeys = 6
Localizes pain = 5
Withdraws = 4
Abnormal flexion = 3
Extends = 2
No response = 1

Verbal responses:
Oriented = 5
Confused conversation = 4
Inappropriate words = 3
Incomprehensible words = 2
No response = 1

Total points: 3 - 15

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