Description Grade
- Asymptomatic, mild headache, slight nuchal rigidity
- Moderate to severe headache, nuchal rigidity, no neurologic deficit other than cranial nerve palsy
- Drowsiness / confusion, mild focal neurologic deficit
- Stupor, moderate-severe hemiparesis
- Coma, decerebrate posturing
It gives an index of the mortality associated with the various grades. The mortality is minimum with grade 1 and maximum with grade 5.
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