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Table 1 PAS scale by Crossley and Mahajan

From: A study on the effect of preoperative warming on post-induction core temperature and incidence of postoperative shivering in patients under general anesthesia

Grade

Description

0

No shivering

1

No visible muscle activity, but one or more of piloerection, peripheral vasoconstriction, or peripheral cyanosis (other causes excluded)

2

Muscular activity in only one muscle group

3

Moderate muscular activity in more than one muscle group, but not generalized shaking

4

Violent muscular activity that involves the entire body