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 ...

The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) assigns a severity number to a coma through assessment of physical movements, speaking, and ...

The condition of the eight-year-old girl from Magura remains very critical after she suffered two more cardiac arrests today, ...

In individuals with severe traumatic brain injury or a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 3-8, this response can be exaggerated and episodic. A term commonly used by nurses caring for these individuals ...

Coma assessment in childhood There are many difficulties in applying the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) to pediatric patients. Modified GCS is a reliable tool for assessment of coma in childhood.

Patients were scored on the Glasgow Coma Scale and the Rancho Los Amigos Cognitive Scale before and 1 h after drug treatment; in each patient, dramatic improvements on both scales were recorded ...