Coma Flashcards
1
Q
Motor scale of GCS
A
Obeying - 6
Localising - 5
Withdrawing - 4
Flexing - 3
Extending - 2
Nil - 1
2
Q
Verbal scale of GCS
A
5 - orientated
4 - confused
3 - words
2 - sounds
1 - Nil
3
Q
Eye reaction scale of GCS
A
Spontaneous - 4
Speech - 3
Pain - 2
Nil - 1
4
Q
Pathophysiology of reduced GCS
A
Brainstem, bilateral thalamic lesion, diffuse cortical lesion
5
Q
Intracranial aetiology of coma
A
Head injury, epilepsy, infarction, haemorrhage, tumour, infection, hydrocephalus, hypoxic or ischaemic brain injury
6
Q
Extracranial aetiology of coma
A
Diabetic complications, poisons and drugs overdose, organ failure, ionic disturbance
