Lack of standardization in the use of the
Glasgow coma scale: Results of international surveys.
Factors Unadjusted odds ratio Adjusted odds ratio (95% confidence (95% confidence interval) interval) Diabetes mellitus 2.500 (0.618,10.107) 0.617 (0.084, 4.621) Hypertension# 4.000 (1.089,14.689)# 11.376 (1.317, 98.262)# Motorcycle 0.414 (0.114,1.504) 0.522 (0.116, 2.354) Syncope 3.942 (1.200, 12.953) 1.043 (0.235, 4.630) Headache# 3.051 (1.121, 8.353)# 4.011 (1.097,14.661)# Amnesia 2.340 (0.865, 6.329) 1.908 (0.500, 7.282) Loss of 9.625 (2.973,31.162)# 10.282 (2.436, 43.395)# consciousness#
Glasgow Coma Scale 0.350 (0.179, 0.685)# 0.164 (0.057, 0.474)# score# Note.
Where: Age (continuous variable); GCS =
Glasgow Coma Scale (continuous variable); AIS_HN = Head/Neck Abbreviated Injury Score (ordinal variable); AIS_CHS = Chest Abbreviated Injury Score (ordinal variable); and AIS__EXT = Extremity Abbreviated Injury Scale (ordinal variable).
TABLE 1
Glasgow Coma Scale (18) Head injury is classified as mild (13-15), moderate (9-12), or severe ([less than or equal to] 8) after totaling the scores for each of the 3 features below.
By the time it arrived he was registering three out of 15 on the
Glasgow Coma Scale.
Singh, who was critically injured by fellow prisoners at the Kot Lakhpat Jail on April 26, died of cardiac arrest at the Jinnah Hospital late on Wednesday night shortly after his
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) dropped.
His measurements on the
Glasgow Coma Scale, which indicates the levels of consciousness and damage to a person's central nervous system, had dropped to a "critical level", the sources said.
" The
Glasgow Coma Scale ( GCS) of the patient is being monitored on a daily basis," he said.
"The
Glasgow Coma Scale of the patient is being monitored on a daily basis," he added.
Fast forward, he arrived at the hospital with a
Glasgow Coma Scale of 3, and was pronounced brain dead at approximately 3 a.m.