The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is an objective tool to describe the extent of impaired consciousness in patients. It assesses three aspects of responsiveness: eye-opening, motor, and verbal responses.

Since 1974, trauma centers have relied mainly on GCS scores to assess patients based on clinical symptoms, rating TBI severity as mild (13-15 points), moderate (9-12 points), or severe (3-8 points).

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 of Edinburgh to create new assessment ...

The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is the most widely used method for evaluation of coma, but it has a number of shortcomings, including limited utility in intubated patients and an inability to assess ...

Jevon, P. (2008) Neurological Assessment Part 4 – Glasgow Coma Scale 2. Nursing Times; 104:30:24-25. Author Phil Jevon, PGCE, BSc, RN, is resuscitation officer/clinical ... for example if the ...

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Scientists have created new assessment tools that build on the Glasgow Coma Scale to provide greater information on injury severity and prognosis in patients with traumatic brain injury while ...

Doctors use the sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score, previously known as the sepsis-related organ failure assessment, to measure a person’s organ function or failure rate. SOFA is a ...

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