Teasdale and Jennett: assessment of coma and impaired consciousness

What changed

Defined eye, verbal and motor response categories for practical consciousness assessment.

Scientific scope

The record is the exact two-author 1974 Lancet article. It establishes a practical assessment scale, not by itself a treatment or universal prognostic model, and later scoring conventions, pediatric variants and outcome models remain separate.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact two-author 1974 Lancet article. It establishes a practical assessment scale, not by itself a treatment or universal prognostic model, and later scoring conventions, pediatric variants and outcome models remain separate.

Contributors

• Graham Teasdale · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
• Bryan Jennett · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.

• PubMed record for coma assessment scale
• Publisher DOI for coma assessment scale

Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.

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