The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is the most widely used method for evaluation of coma, but it has a number of shortcomings, including limited utility in intubated patients and an inability to assess ...

Of patients who had both sleep spindles and cognitive motor dissociation, 76% showed evidence of consciousness by the time ...

when the GCS was introduced, until 2005, using combinations of the following key words: Glasgow Coma Scale, GCS, traumatic brain injury, head injury, predictor, and outcome. Studies that used the ...

The GCS was developed by Teasdale and Jennett (1974) as a standardized method for healthcare practitioners to evaluate and describe the degree of altered consciousness or coma in patients who had ...

The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) assigns a severity number to a coma through assessment of physical movements, speaking, and ...