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Thompson Score



Sign Tone LOC Fits Posture Moro Grasp Suck Respir Fontanell



0 normal normal none normal normal normal normal normal normal



1 hyper hyperalert, stare < 3 per day fisting, cylcing partial poor poor hyperventilation full, not tense



2



3



hypo flaccid lethargic comatouse > 2 per day strong distal flexion decerebrate absent absent absent ± bites brief apnea IPPV (apnea) tense



Date Time Tone LOC Fits Posture Moro Grasp Suck Respir Fontanell TOTAL



Thompson CM, Puterman AS, Linley LL, Hann FM, van der Elst CW, Molteno CD, Malan AF. The value of a scoring system for hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy in predicting neurodevelopmental outcome. Acta Paediatr 1997; 86: 757-61