Diagnosing Level of Consciousness: The Limits of the Glasgow Coma Scale Total Score

Thursday, October 22, 2020

4:10 PM – 4:27 PM EST

Presenting Author(s)

Yelena Bodien, PhD

Research Scientist
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Presentation Slides

Non-presenting Author(s)

Alice Barra, phd student

graduate research assistant
Neurorehabilitation Lab, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
charlestown, Massachusetts
NT

Nancy R. Temkin, Temkin, n/a

Professor
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
JB

Jason K. Barber, MS

Biostatistician
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
BF

Brandon Foreman, MD

Assoc Prof
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
CR

Claudia Robertson, MD

Professor
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
MV

Mary J. Vassar, RN, MS

Director of Data Quality
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California
Geoff Manley, n/a

Professor and Vice Chairman
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Presenting Author(s)

Joseph T. Giacino, PhD

Director, Rehabilitation Neuropsychology
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Charlestown, Massachusetts

Non-presenting Author(s)

BE

Brian L. Edlow, MD

Director, Laboratory for NeuroImaging of Coma and Consciousness (NICC)
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Presenter(s)

Yelena Bodien, PhD

Research Scientist
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Presentation Slides

In this presentation we will identify how level of consciousness diagnostic categories relate to Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) subscale score behavioral profiles. We will show how identical GCS scores are associated with widely differing interpretations of level of consciousness and describe the potential consequences inherent to using GCS total scores in research and clinical settings.

Learning Objectives:

identify how level of consciousness diagnostic categories relate to GCS subscale score behavioral profiles
describe how identical GCS scores are associated with widely differing interpretations of level of consciousness
describe the potential consequences inherent to using GCS total scores in research and clinical settings