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The Lancet

Volume 304, Issue 7872, 13 July 1974, Pages 81-84
The Lancet

ASSESSMENT OF COMA AND IMPAIRED CONSCIOUSNESS: A Practical Scale

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Abstract

A clinical scale has been evolved for assessing the depth and duration of impaired consciousness and coma. Three aspects of behaviour are independently measured—motor responsiveness, verbal performance, and eye opening. These can be evaluated consistently by doctors and nurses and recorded on a simple chart which has proved practical both in a neurosurgical unit and in a general hospital. The scale facilitates consultations between general and special units in cases of recent brain damage, and is useful also in defining the duration of prolonged coma.

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