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Grady Coma Scale

a scale used to rate level of consciousness, with five grades corresponding to confusion (Grade I), stupor (Grade II), deep stupor (Grade III), decerebrate rigidity (Grade IV), and coma (Grade V). Compare Glasgow Coma Scale. [developed in the 1970s at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia]

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thrombotic stroke

thrombotic stroke

the most common type of stroke, occurring when blood flow to the brain is blocked by a cerebral thrombosis. A thrombotic stroke typically results from the narrowing and eventual occlusion of a large blood vessel in the brain, especially the carotid or middle cerebral artery, by atherosclerosis.