Question. How would you score the Glasgow coma scale in a postop patient who is admitted to the ICU sedated and paralyzed? Response from Dennis E. Doherty, MD ...

Patients with active hemorrhage benefit when clinicians prioritize volume resuscitation before intubation and limit ED airway ...

Fifteen is the highest and best GCS score, meaning the patient can open his or her eyes spontaneously, follow commands to move different body parts and answer questions clearly and appropriately.

Charlottesville, VA (April 10, 2018). The University of Glasgow's Sir Graham Teasdale, co-creator of the Glasgow Coma Scale, has teamed with Paul M. Brennan and Gordon D. Murray of the University ...

Background. The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) was first introduced in 1974 by Bryan Jennett and Graham Teasdale to assess coma and impaired consciousness in patients who have suffered head injury or ...

We randomly assigned eligible participants with intracerebral hemorrhage (volume, <60 cm 3) and a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 5 or more (on a scale from 3 to 15, with lower scores indicating ...

To create the GCS-P, the authors first established a pupil reactivity score, which represents the number of nonreactive pupils (0, 1, or 2). This number is subtracted from the GCS score (3-15 ...