WFNS grading scale
Neurology
Also known as: WFNS SAH grade · WFNS-Klassifikation · WFNS-Graduierung · WFNS sınıflaması · WFNS grade (World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, subarachnoid haemorrhage)
What it is for
WFNS grade: clinical grade of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage based on the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) total and the presence of a focal neurological deficit (such as hemiparesis or aphasia).
Classification
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| Grade I | GCS 15, no focal deficit. |
| Grade II | GCS 13-14, no focal deficit. |
| Grade III | GCS 13-14 with a focal deficit. |
| Grade IV | GCS 7-12 (with or without deficit). |
| Grade V | GCS 3-6 (with or without deficit). |
| Modified WFNS (2015) | uses the GCS only: I = 15, II = 14, III = 13, IV = 7-12, V = 3-6; state which version is used. |
Source
Report of World Federation of Neurological Surgeons Committee on a Universal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Grading Scale
J Neurosurg 1988;68:985–986 (Drake CG et al.)
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1988.68.6.0985
PMID: 3131498
- Edition
- WFNS 1988 (original); modified WFNS (Sano et al. 2015) shown as a variant
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