Four different components are included in the FOUR score (eye, motor, brainstem and respiration), each of which has a maximal score of 4. In contrast to the GCS, verbal response is not a component ...

Correlational analysis between GCS scores and these different outcome measures yielded ... Findings from this study revealed that the motor component of the GCS was more effective in predicting ...

One criticism of the GCS is that the summed score does not always provide an accurate depiction of a patient's condition. For example, the verbal score, particularly in trauma patients, may be ...