Subdural hematoma

Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)

The total GCS score is the sum of points from eye opening, verbal response, and motor response scores (from 3 to 15 points total):

• Eye opening: spontaneous (4 points), to verbal command (3 points), to painful stimulation (2 points), none (1 point)

• Motor response: obeys verbal commands (6 points), localizes to painful stimulus (5 points), flexion withdrawal to painful stimulus (4 points), decorticate response to painful stimulus (3 points), decerebrate (extensor) response to painful stimulus (2 points), none (1 point)

• Verbal response: oriented conversation (5 points), disorientated conversation (4 points), inappropriate words (3 points), incomprehensible sounds (2 points), none (1 point).

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