The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is the most widely ... to assess brainstem reflexes. A new coma score, the Full Outline of UnResponsiveness (FOUR) has been developed by Wijdicks et al.

Use of the motor component of the GCS score, rather than the summed GCS score, has been shown to yield similar or improved outcome prediction rates in head-injured patients. Research has ...

has been widely used as a measure to record the level of consciousness in a number of patient populations, and particularly in patients who have sustained a TBI. Because the GCS score is one of ...