Acute
Care 30: Glasgow Coma Scale—Adult,
Pediatric, Infant
| Eye Opening | |||
| Infant (<1 year) | Pediatric (>1 year) | Adult | |
| Spontaneous | Spontaneous | Spontaneous | 4 |
| Voice | Voice | Voice | 3 |
| Pain | Pain | Pain | 2 |
| None | None | None | 1 |
| Verbal Response |
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| Infant (<2 years) | Pediatric (>2 years) | Adult | |
| Coos, babbles | Appropriate
word/ phrase |
Oriented | 5 |
| Irritable
but consolable |
Disoriented/ converses |
Confused | 4 |
| Persistent
cries/ screams |
Inappropriate word |
Inappropriate | 3 |
| Moans/grunts
to pain; restless |
Incomprehensible sounds |
Incomprehensible | 2 |
| None | None | None | 1 |
| Motor Response |
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| Infant (<1 year) | Pediatric (>1 year) | Adult | |
| Spontaneous | Obeys | Obeys | 6 |
| Localizes pain | Localizes pain | Localizes pain | 5 |
| Flexion-withdrawal | Flexion-withdrawal | Withdraws | 4 |
| Flexion/decorticate | Flexion/decorticate | Abnormal
flexion (decorticate) |
3 |
| Extension/decerebrate | Extension/decerebrate | Abnormal
extension (decerebrate) |
2 |
| None | None | None | 1 |
| _________ 3 to 15 |
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