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Subarachnoid Hemorrhage – Scoring Systems

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Reviews the Hunt and Hess Grading Scoring System, the Modified Fisher Scale, and the World Federation of Neurosurgeons classification.

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Albin, C.S.W., Zafar, S.F. (2022). Subarachnoid Hemorrhage – Scoring Systems. In: Albin, C.S., Zafar, S.F. (eds) The Acute Neurology Survival Guide. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75732-8_43

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