The Paediatric Glasgow Coma Scale (BrE

British English

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) (also known as Pediatric Glasgow Coma Score (AmE

American English

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) or simply PGCS) is the equivalent of the Glasgow Coma Scale

Glasgow Coma Scale

Glasgow Coma Scale or GCS is a neurological scale that aims to give a reliable, objective way of recording the conscious state of a person for initial as well as subsequent assessment...

 (GCS) used to assess the mental state of adult patients. As many of the assessments for an adult patient would not be appropriate for infant

Infant

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s, the scale was modified slightly. As with the GCS

Glasgow Coma Scale

Glasgow Coma Scale or GCS is a neurological scale that aims to give a reliable, objective way of recording the conscious state of a person for initial as well as subsequent assessment...

, the PGCS comprises three tests: eye

Human eye

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, verbal

Language

Language may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication...

 and motor responses. The three values separately as well as their sum are considered. The lowest possible PGCS (the sum) is 3 (deep coma or death) whilst the highest is 15 (fully awake and aware person).

Coma scale

Paediatric Glasgow Coma Scale

	1	2	3	4	5	6
Eyes	Does not open eyes	Opens eyes in response to painful stimuli	Opens eyes in response to speech	Opens eyes spontaneously	N/A	N/A
Verbal	No verbal response	Inconsolable, agitated	Inconsistently inconsolable, moaning	Cries but consolable, inappropriate interactions	Smiles, orients to sounds, follows objects, interacts	N/A
Motor	No motor response	Extension to pain (decerebrate response)	Abnormal flexion to pain for an infant (decorticate response)	Infant withdraws from pain	Infant withdraws from touch	Infant moves spontaneously or purposefully

Best eye response: (E)

4. Eyes opening spontaneously


3. Eye opening to speech


2. Eye opening to pain


1. No eye opening

Best verbal response: (V)

5. Smiles, oriented to sounds, follows objects, interacts.
   
4. Cries but consolable, inappropriate interactions.
   
3. Inconsistently inconsolable, moaning.
   
2. Inconsolable, agitated.
   
1. No verbal response.
   

Best motor responses: (M)

6. Infant moves spontaneously or purposefully


5. Infant withdraws from touch


4. Infant withdraws from pain


3. Abnormal flexion to pain for an infant (decorticate response)


2. Extension to pain (decerebrate response)


1. No motor response

Any combined score of less than eight represents a significant risk of mortality.