Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Age greater than or equal to 18 years on the day of hospital admission
Coma duration of at least 24 hours from presentation to the receiving hospital, or died prior to the 24 hour timepoint without return of consciousness. Coma defined as: GCS score of less than or equal to 10 AND GCS score of less than 6 on the motor component of the GCS(not following commands) AND GCS score less than 3 on the verbal component AND alteration of consciousness not explained by sedation only
Coma due to a neurological process (Including but not limited to: trauma, stroke, hypoxic- ischemic brain injury (HIBI), CNS infection, seizure, other processes at the discretion of the investigator)
Admission to the intensive care unit, or deceased prior to admission.
You may not be if
Pre-existing score of 5 or less on the motor component of the Glasgow Coma Scale prior to hospital admission.
Transfer from another acute care hospital in which the motor component of the Glasgow Coma Scale on the day after initial hospital arrival is not known or cannot be reconstructed from medical records or history.
Coma due to sepsis, systemic metabolic processes (ex: organ failure or sedation).
GCS score of greater than 2 for eye opening with lack of command following due to a focal brain lesion causing receptive aphasia.
Prisoner
Clareo Health | Recovery Trajectory for Coma and Disorders of Consciousness
