What does GCS medical abbreviation mean?

What does the abbreviation GCS stand for in medical terms?

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What is the meaning of GCS medical abbreviation?

In medicine, the medical term GCS stands for Glascow Coma Scale.

GCS: Glascow Coma Scale

ABG	Arterial Blood Gas
ARB	Angiotensin Receptor Blocker
ARF	Acute Renal Failure
B-Med	behavioral medicine
BF	breast feed(ing); boyfriend
BH	behavioral health
CAO	conscious, alert, and oriented
CWR	canal wall reconstruction
DIC	Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy
EED	erythema elevatum diutinum
F/T	full time
FIV	forced inspiratory volume
FPL	flexor pollicis longus
G#P#	Gravida # Para #
HPI	History of Present Illness
IFA	immunofluorescence assay
IPSP	inhibitory postsynaptic potential
LOA	Lysis Of Adhesions
Leu	leucine
MDA	medical device alert
MP MIA	microlatex particle mediated immunoassay
MPAP	mean pulmonary artery pressure
NCI	National Cancer Institute
OCP	Oral Contraceptive Pill
OFTT	organic failure to thrive
PBA	pseudobulbar affect
PLSS	portable life-support system
PNI	peripheral nerve injury
POU	placenta, ovary, uterus
PPV	pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine; positive predictive value
Px	prognosis
RHF	right heart failure
RNST	reactive non stress test
SCJ	sternoclavicular joint
SGOT	serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase
SNOMED	systematized nomenclature of medicine
SPECT	single-photon emission computed tomography
SSRI	Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor
STX	Stricture
SiPAP	synchronized inspiratory positive airway pressure
Sr	Strontium (element)
TRBF	total renal blood flow
Trp	tryptophan
Tyr	tyrosine
ULN	Upper limits of normal
Yb	Ytterbium (element)
km	kilometer
mU	milliunit; micro unit
mor. dict.	as directed
noct	nocturnal, night
path	pathologist; pathology