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Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

Glasgow Coma Scale



   
   

- Eye Opening     Spontaneous                  4
                           To Voice                         3
                           To Pain                           2
                           None                              1

- Verbal              Oriented                          5
                           Confused                        4
                           Inappropriate Words         3
                           Incomprehensible Words  2
                           None                              1

- Motor                Obeys Command             6
                           Localizes Pain                 5
                          Withdraw (pain)                4
                          Flexion (pain)                   3
                          Extension (pain)               2
                          None                               1


 - the Glasgow Coma Scale is a strong predictor of outcome;
 - mortality and morbidity increase with lower scores, reaching 54% with scores between 5 and 7;



Use of admission glasgow coma score, pupil size, and pupil reactivity to determine outcome for trauma patients.


















Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.