Hunt and Hess Stroke Scale

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Hunt and Hess Stroke Scale

For non-traumatic sub-arachnoid hemorrhage patients.

Description	Grade
Asymptomatic, mild headache, slight nuchal rigidity	1
Moderate to severe headache, nuchal rigidity, no neurologic deficit other than cranial nerve palsy	2
Drowsiness / confusion, mild focal neurologic deficit	3
Stupor, moderate-severe hemiparesis	4
Coma, decerebrate posturing	5

References

Hunt WE, Hess RM. “Surgical risk as related to time of intervention in the repair of intracranial aneurysms.”
Journal of Neurosurgery 1968 Jan;28(1):14-20.

Hunt WE, Meagher JN, Hess RM. “Intracranial aneurysm. A nine-year study.”
Ohio State Medical Journal 1966 Nov;62(11):1168-71.

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