Assessing the conscious level in infants
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P. L. Reilly; D. A. Simpson; R. Sprod; L. Thomas
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Article
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1988
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Springer
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English
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The Glasgow Coma Scale is widely accepted as a measure of impaired consciousness both in clinical practice and in research. In its standard form, the scale is inapplicable to infants and children below the age of 5 years. We have devised a paediatric coma scale, which recognises that the expected no