PEDIATRIC; GLASGOW COMA SCALE

glasgow coma scale is an instrument that used in concious state assess.

there are three assessment point in glasgow coma scale : motor, verbal, and eye opening.

MOTOR

1. makes no movement
2. extension to painfull stimuli
3. flexion to painful stimuli
4. withdraws from pain
5. withdraws from touch
6. moves spontaneously

VERBAL

1. Makes no sounds
2. inconsolable, agitated
3. inconsolble, moaning
4. consolable crying
5. smiles, oriented to sounds

ASPHYXIA

What is Asphyxia ?

Asphyxia is a condition when an infant born cannot breath spontaneously or regularly

How does Asphyxia happen ?

At birth , at the first time breath, an infant needs maximal expansion of the lung. Asphyxia happens when the expansion does not work well or not maximal.

How to diagnose ?

APGAR score is one way to diagnose asphyxia