Table 1.

The Aldrete Score

ACTIVITY	2 = Able to move spontaneously or on command 4 extremities
	1 = Able to move voluntarily or on command 2 extremities
	0 = Unable to move any extremities
RESPIRATION	2 = Able to deep breath and cough freely
	1 = Dyspnea, shallow or limited breathing
	0 = Apneic
CIRCULATION	2 = BP + 20 mmHg of pre-sedation level
	1 = BP + 20–50 mmHg of pre-sedation level
	0 = BP + 50 mmHg of pre-sedation level
CONSCIOUSNESS	2 = Fully awake
	1 = Arousable on calling
	0 = Not responding
SKIN COLOR	2 = Normal
	1 = Pale, dusky, blotchy, jaundiced, other
	0 = Cyanotic