Telemedicine is an effective and reliable tool for level of consciousness in coma patients, according to a study published in Telemedicine and e-Health. Researchers conducted a prospective trial of ...
The incidence of TBI was the highest in patients with a GCS score of 3 (59.5%), second highest in those with a GCS score of 4-12 (42.4%), and lowest in those with a GCS score of 13-15 (11.8%). A GCS ...
Working with a developer of the original Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), researchers have found that adding pupil response to the GCS more accurately predicts prognosis after traumatic brain injury, ...
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.