Hunt And Hess Scale
The Hunt and Hess scale is a clinical grading system used to determine the severity of a subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Hunt and hess scale. It is used as a predictor of prognosisoutcome with a higher grade correlating to a lower survival rate. 2Hunt WE Kosnik EJ. The Hunt and Hess scale describes the clinical severity of subarachnoid hemorrhage resulting from the rupture of an intracerebral aneurysm and is used as a predictor of survival.
The Hunt and Hess scale is widely used for categorizing severity of subarachnoid hemorrhage. Grade 1Asymptomatic mild headache. - 30 mortality risk or 70 survival rate.
However this rule is inconsistently applied thereby affecting the interpretation of study results and possibly undermining prognostic value. Demonstration of the Hunt Hess Scale within the Stroke Toolkit from Trinity Clinical Apps. Hunt and Hess Severity Scale.
Although the scale is of questionable relia. Hunt and Hess scale. Asymptomatic or minimal headache and slight neck stiffness.
The scale ranges from a score of 1 to 5. Grade 4Stupor or moderate-to-severe hemiparesis. The Hunt and Hess scale introduced in 1968 is one of the grading systems used to classify the severity of a subarachnoid hemorrhage based on the patients clinical condition.
Stranjalis G Sakas DE. T he first popular scale grading neurological condition after subarachnoid hemorrhage SAH was published by Botterell and Cannell. 11546924 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE Publication Types.