Glasgow Coma Scale
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[edit] Description
The Glasgow Coma Scale is a neurological scale which seems to give a reliable, objective way of recording the conscious state of a person, for initial as well as continuing assessment. A patient is assessed against the criteria of the scale, and the resulting points give the Glasgow Coma Score (or GCS). It has value in predicting ultimate outcome.
The scale comprises three tests: eye, verbal and motor responses. The three values separately as well as their sum are considered. The lowest possible GCS (the sum) is 3 (deep coma or death), whilst the highest is 15 (fully awake person).
This assessment refers to the overall Glasgow Coma Scale assessment, which comprises three tests.
[edit] Synopsis
| Short Name | GCS |
|---|---|
| Long Name | Glasgow Coma Scale |
| TemplateID | |
| UMLS Concept Code | C1271007 |
| Synonym | Glasgow coma score finding; GCS - Glasgow coma score; Glasgow coma score; Glasgow coma score (observable entity); Glasgow coma score finding (finding) |
| Type | Observation |
| Revision | 7714 |
[edit] Applicability
| Account | eCHR/ePHR |
|---|---|
| Sex | All |
| Age | All |
| Exceptions | None |
[edit] Instructions
| Patient | |
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[edit] Relationships
| Type | Category or CDD | Cardinality | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contains | GCS - Eyes Opening | 1..1 | |
| Contains | GCS - Motor Response | 1..1 | |
| Contains | GCS - Verbal Response | 1..1 |
[edit] Attributes
| Attribute | Value | Cardinality | Data Type | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Value |
| 1..1 | CD |
