the GCS score when combined with other clinical variables, the use of specific GCS scores, the individual components of GCS scores, and the GCS score in relation to certain outcome categories.

brainstem and respiration), each of which has a maximal score of 4. In contrast to the GCS, verbal response is not a component of the FOUR score, making it fully applicable in intubated patients.

A number of the studies included in this review used descriptive analyses in reporting the relationship between specific GCS scores and certain outcome categories (Bishara et al., 1992 ...