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Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS)

Classifies global outcome after severe brain injury (trauma, hemorrhage, hypoxia) in five categories, from death to good recovery.

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Method · Limits of application

GOS/Jennett–Bond 1975: 5 categories; favorable 4–5; not the 8-category GOSE

Assesses functional outcome after brain injury, considering physical and mental disability. Record the follow-up time and the five-category edition. GOS must not be treated as equivalent to the eight-category GOSE or as a prediction from admission data.

Conditions of use

Check the population, units, inclusion and exclusion criteria, and version in the original source. A result alone does not establish a diagnosis, discharge decision or prescription.

Documented parameters

Patient status

3/3 reference cases checked. Numerical tests are not clinical validation.

Sources and documentation

Documented formula

Transcribed from the source or a recorded revision; this is not a clinical recommendation.

Select the category best describing the patient. Studies usually dichotomize outcomes as favorable (4 and 5) or unfavorable (1 to 3).

References

Jennett B, Bond M. Assessment of outcome after severe brain damage: a practical scale. Lancet, 1975.

Identifier: escala-de-resultados-de-glasgow

Original clinical content: Brazilian Portuguese.

Method version

GOS/Jennett–Bond 1975: 5 categories; favorable 4–5; not the 8-category GOSE

escala-de-resultados-de-glasgow@native-2026-10-05+655802cc268e

Source for the active edition

The bibliographic edition identifies the source. By itself, it proves neither full conformity of the formula nor clinical approval.

Synthetic cases checked (3)

Synthetic cases for checking the implementation, with no patient data.

Case 1

reference-001

Inputs

Patient status: 3 – Severe disability: conscious but dependent on another person in daily life

{
  "gos": "3"
}

Expected result

{
  "score": 3,
  "level": "high",
  "verdict": "desfavorável"
}

Actual result

{
  "score": 3
}

Case 2

reference-002

Inputs

Patient status: 4 – Moderate disability: independent but with residual deficits (can use transport, work in a sheltered setting)

{
  "gos": "4"
}

Expected result

{
  "score": 4,
  "level": "mid",
  "verdict": "favorável"
}

Actual result

{
  "score": 4
}

Case 3

reference-003

Inputs

Patient status: 5 – Good recovery: returns to normal life despite minor deficits

{
  "gos": "5"
}

Expected result

{
  "score": 5,
  "level": "low"
}

Actual result

{
  "score": 5
}

Code and reproducibility

This tool’s code on GitHub

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Sources, version and reproduction instructions

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Code license: Apache-2.0

Guidelines and conditions

This repository’s license applies to the code. Third-party instruments, questionnaires, data and models remain subject to their owners’ conditions.

The code tests are technical checks. Clinical approval and professional translation review are recorded separately.

Relationship with cancer research

General context — relationship to be defined

A resource for general clinical contexts. This edition does not assign a specific oncological relationship; selecting it for a study requires a justified question, population and purpose.