Level of coma as a prognostic factor: the level of coma as measured with elements from the Glasgow coma scale (GCS)
| GCS | Outcome (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | PVS | SD | MD | GR | |||
| Eye opening | 1 | 64 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2 | 49 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 18 | ||
| Motor function | 1 | 78 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2 | 66 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 48 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 47 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 17 | ||
| Verbal response | 1 | 66 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2 | 40 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 30 | ||
See table 1 for key.