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Emergency Medicine · Trauma · Neurology

Simplified Motor Score (SMS) calculator

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SMS 0 — withdrawal or less

Band: SMS 0 — withdrawal or less

Interpretation. SMS 0 — withdrawal or less

Suggested management. Worst SMS motor category.

Simplified Motor Score (SMS): 0 — SMS 0 — withdrawal or less. Interpretation: SMS 0 — withdrawal or less What to do: Worst SMS motor category. Inputs: Obeys commands (+2): false; Localizes to pain (+1): false Source: Gill M et al. Validation of the Simplified Motor Score for the prediction of brain injury outcomes after trauma. Ann Emerg Med. DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.03.019. PMID: 17113193. Scope: obeys commands = 2, localizes pain = 1, withdrawal or less = 0. (2006)

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  • Obeys commands (+2)
  • Localizes to pain (+1)

Primary source

Gill M et al. Validation of the Simplified Motor Score for the prediction of brain injury outcomes after trauma. Ann Emerg Med. DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.03.019. PMID: 17113193. Scope: obeys commands = 2, localizes pain = 1, withdrawal or less = 0. (2006)

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