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 ...

Compared with younger patients with similar traumatic brain injury severity, elderly patients with traumatic brain injuries were shown to have better Glasgow Coma Scale scores, according to ...

Reducing intracranial pressure after head injury Study results suggest that GCS may be less accurate in predicting the extent of injury in elderly adults. The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is a simple and ...

In the years immediately following the introduction of the GCS, many researchers examined the GCS score on admission along with other variables present in the acute stages of head injury and ...

In 1974, Bryan Jennett and Graham Teasdale first developed the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) to evaluate coma and level of consciousness based on eye, motor, and verbal responses, with total scores ranging ...

When older adults have suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) due to falls and other incidents, survival is linked more to the extent of their overall injuries than to their age, a new study finds.

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 ...

The Saline versus Albumin Fluid Evaluation study suggested that patients with traumatic brain injury resuscitated with albumin had a higher mortality rate than those resuscitated with saline. We ...

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 ...