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** Dr. Robersts says score as 15 | |||
* how about e.g. a patient with Down's syndrome? | |||
** we are not scoring IQ, if they function as usual, score 15 | |||
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Revision as of 10:59, 12 June 2008
The Glasgow Coma Scale is a ... [1]
The Glasgow Coma Scale is used to calculate the APACHE II score and the MOST score.
The possible values are stored as dropdown lists on your PDA and in Access. They are as follows:
| Score | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Eyes | Spontaneous | To
Speech |
To
Pain |
None | ||
| Motor | Obeys
Command |
Localizes
Pain |
Withdraws
to Pain |
Abnormal
Flexion |
Abnormal
Extension |
None |
| Verbal | Oriented | Confused | Inappropriate
words |
Incomprehensible
sounds |
None |
Discussion
- Under verbal, also have options under ventilated patient: appears orientated, ? orientated, no response, need to add.--LKolesar 12:20, 29 May 2008 (CDT)
- If you tell me which columns they go under, I will add them. --Ttenbergen
- How about aphasic patients?
- Dr. Robersts says score as 15
- how about e.g. a patient with Down's syndrome?
- we are not scoring IQ, if they function as usual, score 15