NEUROLOGY
HEMIPARESIS
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least responsive.
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most responsive.
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minimally responsive.
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coma.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Certain scores on the Glasgow Coma Scale have significance. Patients with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 7 or less are considered comatose. Patients with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 8 or less are considered to have suffered a severe head injury.
Detailed explanation-2: -Patients with head injury with low Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) scores on hospital admission have a poor prognosis. A GCS score of 3 is the lowest possible score and is associated with an extremely high mortality rate, with some researchers suggesting that there is no chance of survival.
Detailed explanation-3: -The GCS was initially used to assess level of consciousness in patients after head injury, but the scale is now used in many acutely unwell patients. In hospitals it is also used to monitor patients in intensive care units.