Table 1 Acute Bronchitis Severity Score for acute bronchitis based on 0 to 4 for each of five symptoms (maximum score 20)

Symptom	0	1	2	3	4
Overall severity of illness	Very mild	Mild	Moderate	Serious	Very serious
Day cough	1–2 times/day	3–5 times/day	6–10 times/day	11–20 times/day	>20 times/day
Night cough	1–2 times/night	3–5 times/night	6–10 times/night	11–20 times/night	>20 times/night
Limit daily activity	None	Mild	Moderate	Severe	Very severe
Subjective fever	None	Mild	Moderate	Severe shaking chills	Very severe