What’s new: the Glasgow Coma Scale at 50—evolution and future directions
- 07.01.2025
- Editorial
- Verfasst von
- Virginia Newcombe
- Paul M. Brennan
- Giuseppe Citerio
- Erschienen in
- Intensive Care Medicine | Ausgabe 3/2025
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Fifty years ago, Graham Teasdale and Bryan Jennett introduced the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS, https://www.glasgowcomascale.org), a groundbreaking tool for the assessment of coma and impaired consciousness in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) [1]. The GCS provided an objective and standardized framework for evaluating a patient's level of consciousness by assessing eye-opening, verbal response, and motor responses, each scored within specific categories. Before its introduction, the consciousness levels were often described in vague terms such as “comatose” or “stuporous”, leading to inconsistent communication among healthcare providers and delays in detecting clinical changes. …
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- Titel
- What’s new: the Glasgow Coma Scale at 50—evolution and future directions
- Verfasst von
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Virginia Newcombe
Paul M. Brennan
Giuseppe Citerio
- Publikationsdatum
- 07.01.2025
- Verlag
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Erschienen in
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Intensive Care Medicine / Ausgabe 3/2025
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1238 - DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-024-07757-1
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