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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2012 Aug;30(3):771–794. doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2012.06.003

Table 5.

Hunt and Hess grading scale

Grade Criteria

1 Asymptomaticor minimal headacheand slight nuchal rigidity
2 Moderate to severe headache, nuchalrigidity, no neurological deficit other than cranial nerve palsy
3 Drowsiness, confusion, or mild focal neurologic deficit
4 Stupor, moderate to severe hemiparesis,possibly early decerebrate rigidity
5 Deep coma, decerebrate rigidity

Adapted from [144]