====== 7 point coma scale ======

|**Alert** |no signs of CNS depression|
|**Drowsy** |all patients between alert & stuporous|
|**Stuporous** |responds to verbal or tactile stimuli|
|**Coma 1** |responds to painful stimuli only, normal BP & Respiration|
|**Coma 2** |no response to painful stimuli, normal BP & Respiration|
|**Coma 3** |no response to painful stimuli, abnormal respiratory pattern &/or low but adequate BP|
|**Coma 4** |no response to painful stimuli, apnoea or inadequate respiration &/or inadequate BP|

===== REFERENCE =====

[[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=4664014&dopt=Abstract|Plum F, Posner JB.]] The diagnosis of stupor and coma.Contemp Neurol Ser 1972;10:1-286

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