WFNS Classification

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The WFNS (World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies) classification is used to grade subarachnoid hemorrhage and was published in 19881.

WFNS Grade GCS Motor Deficit
Grade I 15 Absent
Grade II 13-14 Absent
Grade III 13-14 Present or aphasia
Grade IV 7-12 With or without deficit
Grade V 3-6 With or without deficit

WFNS classification
Original illustration of the WFNS classification.

References

    1. Report of World Federation of Neurological Surgeons Committee on a Universal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Grading Scale. J Neurosurg. 1988 Jun;68(6):985-6. ↩ ↩

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