title: Comparison of alert verbal painful unresponsiveness scale and the Glasgow Coma Score.
abstract: To determine how the AVPU (alert, verbal, painful, unresponsiveness) scale corresponds to Glasgow Coma Score (GCS), we compared the two scales. Two months to 12 years old patients were included in the study. The median GCS score (inter quartile range) for A/V/P/U were 14 (12-15), 11 (10-12), 6 (5.5-8) and 3 (3-4), respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, St. Stephens Hospital, Tis Hazari, Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Shomi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raman
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sreenivas
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Puliyel
authors.forename: Nirmal
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003243:Consciousness; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009460:Neurologic Examination / Q000379:methods*; D010812:Physical Stimulation; D011446:Prospective Studies