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What does EEG results "6" mean. My uncle is in ICU on a ventilator after some type of cardiac event. His eyes open and he is able to make eye contact . He however is not following commands like "squeeze my hand". He will blink though. I have not noticed any other movement. The MD gave us the result of "6" when we asked for the EEG results

 

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Expert:  Dr. Rick replied324 days and 4 hours ago.

What your doctor is referring to is your Uncle's rating on the Glasgow Coma scale. This is the compilation of a number of responses that your Uncle gives to specific tasks or tests that, when all tabulated up, give an indication of how well he is functioning.

Here is the score card used in the Glasgow Coma scale:

http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/scales/glasgow.htm

As you can see, with a score of 6 your Uncle is considered to currently be in a coma.

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