Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Modified Glasgow Coma Scale For Infants And Children

Modified Glasgow Coma Scale for infants and children. Coma scoring system appropriate for pediatric patients.
Obtained from Marcoux (2005) [24]
Activity
Score
Infant/non-verbal child (<2 years)
Verbal child/adult (>2 years)
Eye Opening
 4
Spontaneous
Spontaneous
 3
To Speech
To verbal stimuli
 2
To Pain Only
To Pain Only
 1
No Response
No Response
Motor Response
 6
Normal/ spontaneous movement
Obeys commands
 5
Withdraws to touch
Localizes pain
 4
Withdraws to pain
Flexion withdrawal
 3
Abnormal flexion (decorticate)
Abnormal flexion
 2
Extension (decerebrate)
Extension (decerebrate)
 1
No response
No response
2–5 years
> 5 years
Verbal Response
 5
Cries appropriately, coos
Appropriate words
Oriented
 4
Irritable crying
Inappropriate words
Confused
 3
Inappropriate screaming / crying
Screams
Inappropriate
 2
Grunts
Grunts
Incomprehensible
 1
No Response
No Response
No Response

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