The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is a clinical scale used to reliably measure a person's level of consciousness after a brain injury. The GCS assesses a person...
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Paediatric Glasgow Coma Scale (British English) or the Pediatric Glasgow Coma Score (American English) or simply PGCS is the equivalent of the Glasgow Coma Scale...
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command. It can also be defined as having a score of 8 or less on the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) for at least 6 hours. For a patient to maintain consciousness...
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A coma scale is a system to assess the severity of coma. There are several such systems: The Glasgow Coma Scale is neurological scale which aims to give...
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FOUR score (redirect from FOUR Score Coma Scale)
main clinical grading scale in use for patients with impaired level of consciousness has historically been the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), which cannot be...
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The Blantyre coma scale is a modification of the Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale, designed to assess malarial coma in children. It was designed by Terrie...
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AVPU (redirect from AVPU scale)
simplification of the Glasgow Coma Scale, which assesses a patient response in three measures: eyes, voice and motor skills. The AVPU scale should be assessed...
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state are said to be stuporous. Coma is the inability to make any purposeful response. Scales such as the Glasgow coma scale have been designed to measure...
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Closed-head injury (section Glasgow Coma Scale)
brain. Severe diffuse axonal injuries often lead to comas or vegetative states. The Glasgow Coma Scale is commonly used to assess the severity of traumatic...
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professionals to measure the severity of a coma with the Glasgow Coma Scale (for adults) and the Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale (for infants). The presence of abnormal...
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the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) and three picture cards used to measure memory. The RWPTAS has been shown to be more accurate than the Glasgow Coma Scale in...
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Pediatric concussion (section Glasgow coma scale)
test to directly diagnose a pediatric concussion. The Glasgow coma scale (GCS) is a clinical scale utilized to measure the severity of the concussion. The...
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strategies. At the current time, they are already in clinical trials. Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is the most widely used scoring system used to assess the level...
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Apgar score (redirect from Apgar scale)
Ballard Maturational Assessment Bishop score Glasgow Coma Scale Midwifery Paediatric Glasgow Coma Scale "The Apgar Score". www.acog.org. Retrieved 2021-09-10...
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information obtained from the medical evaluation to diagnose a concussion. Glasgow coma scale score 13 to 15, loss of consciousness for less than 30 minutes, and...
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Concussion grading systems (redirect from Concussion grading scale)
Originally developed by Teasdale and Jennett in 1974, the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is a scoring scale for eye opening, motor, and verbal responses that can...
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and 1890s Glasgow Coma Scale, medical scale describing the degree of consciousness of brain-damaged patients Glasgow Outcome Scale, a scale for patients...
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The Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) is an ordinal scale used to assess functional outcomes of patients following brain injury. It considers several factors...
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album's first single on 2 July 2015. The album's second single, "Glasgow Coma Scale Blues", was released on 20 August 2015. The success of the album produced...
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Revised Trauma Score (category Medical scales)
injury. The Revised Trauma Score is made up of three categories: Glasgow Coma Scale, systolic blood pressure, and respiratory rate. The score range is...
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during the next 12 to 24 hours to assess for worsening symptoms. The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is a tool for measuring the degree of unconsciousness and is...
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assessments, including the first aid based AVPU scale and the more medically based Glasgow Coma Scale. The objective of pain stimulus is to assess the...
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SMS have been proposed as alternatives that would improve upon the Glasgow Coma Scale challenges of being confusing, unreliable and unnecessarily complex...
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be summarized using the Glasgow Coma Scale, which yields a number in the range 3–15, with a score of 3 to 8 indicating coma, and 15 indicating full consciousness...
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The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) is an individually administered intelligence test for children between the ages of 6 and 16. The Fifth...
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casualties. An unconscious person, a person who is assessed on the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) at eight or below, in a supine position (on the back) may not...
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The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) is an IQ test designed to measure intelligence and cognitive ability in adults and older adolescents. For...
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Triage (redirect from Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale)
presenting complaints and objective assessments such as vital signs and Glasgow Coma Scale, allowing acute patients to be identified quickly for treatment. PACS...
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validity. It is widely used clinically and is often paired with the Glasgow Coma Scale in health care facilities. Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation...
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Scotland. He was the co-developer of the assessment tool known as the Glasgow Coma Scale and made advancements in the care of patients with brain injuries...
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