Table 1.
Clinical grading scales following subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Hunt and Hess scale (36) | World Federation of Neurological Surgeons Scale (37) | ||
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Grade | Symptoms | Glasgow Coma Scale | Motor deficits |
I | Asymptomatic or mild headache | 15 | Absent |
II | Moderate to severe headache, nuchal rigidity, with or without cranial nerve deficits | 14-13 | Absent |
III | Confusion, lethargy or mild focal symptoms | 14-13 | Present |
IV | Stupor and/or hemiparesis | 12-7 | Present or absent |
V | Comatose and/or extensor posturing | 6-3 | Present or absent |