Author Question: What areas does the Glasgow Coma Scale measure and how is it used?[br][br][b][color=#165FFA]Question ... (Read 53 times)

cmoore54 · **on:** Jul 12, 2018

What areas does the Glasgow Coma Scale measure and how is it used?

Question 2

Describe the difference between continuous ambulatory dialysis and continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis?

princessflame2016 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 12, 2018

Answer to Question 1

The Glasgow Coma Scale measures three areas:
eye opening on a scale of 4 to 1

best motor response on a scale of 6 to 1

verbal response on a scale of 5 to 1

The range for a Glasgow Coma Scale is 3 to 15 (the lowest score possible is 3; a person dead on arrival at an ER would score a 3). The Glasgow Coma Scale scores recorded upon arrival at the ER and on the second, third, fourth, and seventh post-injury days are extremely predictive of the patient's outcome.

Answer to Question 2

Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD):the patient is able to perform his or her own dialysis throughout the day, because very little special equipment is required. The CAPD patient completes an exchange of fluid three or four times a day, at home or at work.
Continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis (CCPD): uses a machine to perform peritoneal dialysis once each day while the patient sleeps rather than three or four times throughout the day as in CAPD. Like the CAPD patients, CCPD patients generally come to the ESRD facility only for training and for monthly evaluations or when a complication arises.