How would you score the Glasgow coma scale in a postop patient who is admitted to the ICU sedated and paralyzed? The Glasgow Coma Scale is a widely used standardized test that evaluates the degree of ...

The GCS was developed by Teasdale and Jennett (1974) as a standardized method for healthcare practitioners to evaluate and describe the degree of altered consciousness or coma in patients who had ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic neurologists have created the first new, reliable and easy-to-use clinical tool in 30 years for measuring coma depth, a proposed replacement for the Glasgow Coma Scale.

A new framework expands TBI assessment beyond the Glasgow Coma Scale. The assessment has four pillars: clinical, biomarker, imaging, and modifiers. The framework is intended for patients with TBI of ...