Glasgow Coma Scale: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 22:15, 4 May 2015

Eye Opening	Verbal	Motor
		6: Obeys commands
	5: Oriented	5: Localizes to pain
4: Spontaneously opens	4: Confused speech	4: Withdraws from pain (normal flexion)
3: Opens to command	3:Inappropriate words	3: Decorticate posturing (abnormal flexion)
2: Opens to pain	2: Incomprehensible sounds	2: Decerebrate posturing (extension)
1: Does not open	1: No response	1: No response

Distribution of GCS in traumatic brain injury

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-| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Eye Opening'''
-| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Verbal'''
-| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Motor'''
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-| ||||6:  Obeys commands
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-| ||5:  Oriented||5:  Localizes to pain
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-| 4: Spontaneously opens||4:  Confused speech||4:  Withdraws from pain (normal flexion)
-|-
-| 3: Opens to command||3:Inappropriate words||3:  Decorticate posturing (abnormal flexion)
-|-
-| 2: Opens to pain||2: Incomprehensible sounds||2:  Decerebrate posturing (extension)
-|-
-| 1: Does not open||1: No response||1:  No response
-|}
 ==[[Blunt head trauma]]==