Decorticate Posturing Glasgow Coma Scale
Withdrawal to pain scores 4 points on the glasgow coma scale.
Decorticate posturing glasgow coma scale. 1 we present a case of a newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes mellitus who presented in dka and with glasgow coma scale gcs of seven. She developed decorticate posturing soon after she was commenced on resuscitation fluids. Altered consciousness in the form of mild disorientation or confusion can occur but frank coma is uncommon.
It was invented in 1974 by graham teasdale and bryan j. Flexion in response to pain decorticate posturing. Gcs is used in evaluation of patients especially in icus this scale consists of three tests which are described below.
3 decorticate posture an abnormal posture that can include rigidity clenched fists legs held straight out and arms bent inward toward the body with the wrists and fingers bend and held. Flexion in response to pain decorticate posturing 3 points extension response in response to pain decerebrate posturing 2 points no response 1 point references teasdale g jennett b. Modified glasgow coma scale for infants and children.
Jennett professors of neurosurgery at the university of glasgow. T easdale et al in their original paper on the glasgow coma scale. Assessment of coma and impaired consciousness.
This scale helps to gauge. A person displaying decorticate posturing in response to pain gets a score of three in the motor section of the glasgow coma scale due to the flexion of muscles due to the neuro muscular response to the trauma. Responds to pain with decorticate posturing abnormal flexion responds to pain with decorticate posturing abnormal flexion 3.
Unlike decorticate posturing decerebrate adjusted or 1 9 95 ci 1 0 3 5 and opisthotonic posturing adjusted or 2 9 95. The glasgow coma scale is a reliable and objective way of recording the initial and subsequent level of consciousness in a person after brain injury. Stimuli the glasgow coma scale was designed and should be used to assess the depth and duration of coma and impaired consciousness.