Glasgow Coma Scale For Pediatrics

Glasgow Coma Scale For Pediatrics
Glasgow Coma Scale For Paediatrics
Glasgow Coma Scale Chart Pediatric

The Paediatric Glasgow Coma Scale (British English) or the Pediatric Glasgow Coma Score (American English) or simply PGCS is the equivalent of the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) used to assess the level of consciousness of child patients. Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale (pGCS) Assesses impaired consciousness and coma in pediatric patients. Acknowledgments: The Child’s Glasgow Coma Scale has evolved from adaptations to Jennett and Teasdale’s Glasgow Coma Scale (1), by James and Trauner (2), Eyre and Sharples and by Tatman, Warren and Whitehouse (3), and paediatric nurse colleagues, Kirkham and the British Paediatric Neurology Association GCS Audit Group.

The Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale was developed as a modification of the adult GCS Scale to objectively measure neurologic function in head injuries. It is intended for use in patients under 2 years old. The Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale (also known as Pediatric Glasgow Coma Score or simply PGCS) is the equivalent of the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) used to assess the mental state of adult patients. As many of the assessments for an adult patient would not be appropriate for infants, the scale was modified slightly.

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Paediatric Glasgow Coma Scale
Synonyms	Pediatric Glasgow Coma Score
Purpose	assess the level of consciousness of child

The Paediatric Glasgow Coma Scale (British English) or the Pediatric Glasgow Coma Score (American English) or simply PGCS is the equivalent of the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) used to assess the level of consciousness of child patients. As many of the assessments for an adult patient would not be appropriate for infants, the Glasgow Coma Scale was modified slightly to form the PGCS. As with the GCS, the PGCS comprises three tests: eye, verbal and motor responses. The three values separately as well as their sum are considered. The lowest possible PGCS (the sum) is 3 (deep coma or death) whilst the highest is 15 (fully awake and aware person). The pediatric GCS is commonly used in emergency medical services.

Coma scale[edit]

Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale
1	2	3	4	5	6
Eyes	Does not open eyes	Opens eyes in response to painful stimuli	Opens eyes in response to speech	Opens eyes spontaneously	N/A	N/A
Verbal	No verbal response	Inconsolable, agitated	Inconsistently inconsolable, moaning	Cries but consolable, inappropriate interactions	Smiles, orients to sounds, follows objects, interacts	N/A
Motor	No motor response	Extension to pain (decerebrate response)	Abnormal flexion to pain for an infant (decorticate response)	Infant withdraws from pain	Infant withdraws from touch	Infant moves spontaneously or purposefully

Best eye response: (E)[edit]

4. Eyes opening spontaneously

3. Eye opening to speech

2. Eye opening to pain

1. No eye opening or response

Best verbal response: (V)[edit]

5. Smiles, oriented to sounds, follows objects, interacts.

4. Cries but consolable, inappropriate interactions.

3. Inconsistently inconsolable, moaning.

2. Inconsolable, agitated.

1. No verbal response.