The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is a key neurological assessment tool used worldwide to evaluate consciousness in patients with brain injuries or other conditions affecting the nervous system. By scoring ...

After more than half a century, assessment of acute traumatic brain injury (TBI) is getting a makeover. A newly proposed framework expands assessment of acute TBI beyond the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) ...

A new framework expands TBI assessment beyond the Glasgow Coma Scale. The assessment has four pillars: clinical, biomarker, imaging, and modifiers. The framework is intended for patients with TBI of ...

Coma scales have been developed for evaluating depth of consciousness and helping in prediction of outcome. This last issue is best assessed by several other clinical and neurophysiologic tests. For ...

A coma is defined as a prolonged lack of consciousness or unresponsiveness to stimuli. I Good recovery Resumption of normal life despite minor deficits II Moderate disability Disabled but independent; ...

Air ambulance pre-hospital care (HEMS) may make surviving critical injury more likely as it's associated with saving five more lives than would be expected in every 100 major trauma cases, suggests an ...

Air ambulance pre-hospital care (HEMS) may make surviving critical injury more likely as it's associated with saving five more lives than would be expected in every 100 major trauma cases, suggests an ...