Glasgow coma scale
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The Glasgow Coma Scale is a simple scale for estimating a consciousness disorder. It is often used in intensive care medicine - especially after a craniocerebral injury (trauma). The Glasgow Coma Scale can also be used to quantify general disorders of consciousness. There are three categories, for each of which points are awarded:
- Eye opening (1-4 points)
- Best verbal reaction (1-5 points)
- Best motor response (1-6 points)
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Assessment of the severity of a clouding of consciousness using the Glasgow Coma Scale
- Opening the eyes
- Spontaneous: 4Points
- On response: 3 points
- On pain stimulus: 2 points
- Missing: 1point
- Verbal reaction
- Oriented: 5 points
- Confused: 4 points
- Single words: 3 points
- Sounds: 2 points
- Missing: 1 point
- Motor response
- Follow-up to call 6 points
- Targeted pain reaction: 5 points
- Unspecific pain reaction: 4 points
- Bending synergisms: 3 points
- Spontaneous: 4 pointsSynergisms: 2 points
- Missing: 1
Maximum score: 15; Minimum score: 3
Points are awarded separately for each category and then added together. The maximum score is 15 (when fully conscious), the minimum score is 3 (in deep coma). A score of 8 or less points indicates a serious brain dysfunction and the risk of life-threatening respiratory problems, so that securing the airway by endotracheal intubation must be considered.
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The Glasgow Coma Scale can then be used to assess the degree of craniocerebral trauma (SHT):
- slight SHT - Score: 15-13
- moderate SHT - Score: 12-9
- heavy SHT - Score: GCS 8-3