====== Fisher scale ====== {{rss>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rss/search/1VkhPsjWfHF_N_olLIpWhn2kjO5l5xCgWKeujJhDZJnMsA3kZ9/?limit=15&utm_campaign=pubmed-2&fc=20240120035145}} ---- The Fisher scale is used to assess the amount of blood visible on a CT scan following subarachnoid hemorrhage. Higher Fisher grades are associated with a worse prognosis and increased mortality. 1 No hemorrhage is evident. 2 Subarachnoid hemorrhage less than 1mm thick. 3 Subarachnoid hemorrhage is more than 1mm thick. 4 {{fisher4.jpg|}} Subarachnoid hemorrhage of any thickness with [[intraventricular hemorrhage]] (IVH) or parenchymal extension. ((Fisher C, Kistler J, Davis J ([[1980]]). "Relation of cerebral vasospasm to subarachnoid hemorrhage visualized by computerized tomographic scanning". Neurosurgery 6 (1): 1–9.)). ===== Modified Fisher Grading Scale for Subarachnoid Hemorrhage ===== see [[Modified Fisher Grading Scale for Subarachnoid Hemorrhage]] Elderly patients, and especially the subgroup with a [[Fisher Scale]] 3 bleeding pattern, had a high risk for an unfavorable outcome, whereas the subgroup of Non [[perimesencephalic subarachnoid hemorrhage]] NPM-SAH without a Fisher Grade 3 bleeding pattern had a favorable outcome, similar to [[perimesencephalic subarachnoid hemorrhage]] (PM)-SAH.