How would you score the Glasgow coma scale in a postop patient who is admitted to the ICU sedated and paralyzed? The Glasgow Coma Scale is a widely used standardized test that evaluates the degree of ...

The incidence of TBI was the highest in patients with a GCS score of 3 (59.5%), second highest in those with a GCS score of 4-12 (42.4%), and lowest in those with a GCS score of 13-15 (11.8%). A GCS ...

Telemedicine is an effective and reliable tool for level of consciousness in coma patients, according to a study published in Telemedicine and e-Health. Researchers conducted a prospective trial of ...

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh discovered a promising new biomarker of "complicated" mild to severe pediatric traumatic brain injury, or TBI.

The NIVO score predicts in-ICU mortality, 1-year mortality, and NIV failure in AECOPD patients requiring mechanical ventilation. It evaluates six variables at admission, including arterial blood pH ...