How do you tell if someone is in a coma? It might not sound like a difficult question. But in the 1970s, two Glasgow neurosurgeons spent years developing a measure to solve this very problem. The ...

Charlottesville, VA (September 8, 2020). The University of Glasgow's Sir Graham Teasdale, co-creator of the Glasgow Coma Scale, once again has teamed with Paul M. Brennan and Gordon D. Murray of the ...

June 6, 2012 (Lisbon, Portugal) — The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score was highly predictive of 30-day mortality after acute intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), based on a comparison with 3 other prognostic ...

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Scientists have created new assessment tools that build on the Glasgow Coma Scale to provide greater information on injury severity and prognosis in patients with traumatic brain injury while still ...

Objective: To determine the diagnostic value of physical examination (including neurologic exam) for positive computed tomography scan findings in children with closed head injury, Glasgow Coma Scale ...

A coma can result from complications of conditions such as diabetes or an infection, or from a traumatic incident involving a blow to the head or a lack of oxygen. Doctors sometime induce a coma to ...

A cerebral aneurysm, also called a brain aneurysm, can form anywhere in the brain. They are most common in the arteries around the base of the skull. A small brain aneurysm may not cause symptoms. The ...

Charlottesville, VA (April 10, 2018). The University of Glasgow's Sir Graham Teasdale, co-creator of the Glasgow Coma Scale, has teamed with Paul M. Brennan and Gordon D. Murray of the University of ...

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