24 - Clinical Scoring Systems Flashcards
What is the treatment for a DVT and how soon should you start it?
- Rivaroxaban/Apixaban or LMWH
- Needs to be started within 4 hours, if cannot do US or D-dimer in this time start interim. If confirmed need at least 3 months treatment
- Take clotting screen, FBC, LFTs, U+Es before anticoagulation but do not wait for results
What are some important medications to remember to put on a prescription for a newly admitted patient?
- Oxygen
- 5000 units dalteparin
- Paracetamol PRN
- Cyclizine PRN
How do you document a ward round?
- Age
- Admitted with
- Background
- Bloods and EWS
- SOAP
How do you calculate a GCS score? (learn image of by heart)
- Eyes 4
- Verbal response 5
- Motor response 6
How do you interpret a GCS score?
How do you calculate a CURB 65 score and interpret it?
C - Confusion
U- Urea >7
R- RR>30
B - Sys <90 or Dias <60
65 years old
1 = outpatient treatment
2 = consider inpatient or outpatient treatment with close follow up
>3 = inpatient treatment with possible ICU referral
How do you calculate and interpret a Centor score?
Works out the likelihood a pharyngitis is due to Group A strep
- Age
- Exudate
- Swollen lymph nodes
- Fever
- Cough
Score of 1 or less no test or treatment
Score of 2 then rapid antigen test but not treat
Score of 3 or more then rapid antigen test and treat empirically
How do you calculate and interpret a FeverPAIN score?
- Fever in last 24 hours
- Purulence
- Attend rapidly <3 days
- Inflammed tonsils
- No cough or coryza
Score of 1 then no antibiotics
Score of 2-3 consider delayed antibiotics
Score of 4-5 then antibiotics needed
How do you calculate and interpret a CHA2DS2-VASc score? (memorise image)
Calculates the stroke risk of a patient with AF
- Score of 0 (male) or 1 (female) then no anticoagulation
- Score of 1 (male) then anticoagulation recommended
- Score of 2 or more then anticoagulant
What is the BTS classification of asthma severity?
Moderate acute - PEF >50-75% best or predicted, no features of acute severe
Acute Severe - PEF >33-50%, RR>25, cannot speak in full sentences, HR>110
Life threatening - Silent chest, Normal pCO2, PEF<33% or cannot do, sats <92%, altered consciousness, pO2 <8, exhaustion, arrhythmias, hypotension
Near fatal - Raised pCO2
What is the MRC dyspnea scale?
1 - Breathless on strenuous exertion
2 - Breathless when hurrying on the level or walking up a slight hill
3 - Breathless compared to same age on level ground or has to stop for breath when walking at own pace
4 - Stops for breath after walking 100m
5 - Too breathless to leave house or dress self
What are the different stages of CKD?
Stage 1 - Normal eGFR>90 with proteinuria so kidney damage
Stage 2 - eGFR 60-90 with proteinuria
Stage 3 - eGFR 30-60
Stage 4 - eGFR 15-30
Stage 5/ESRD - eGFR<15
What is the MRC grading of muscle power?
0 - no contraction
1 - flicker or trace of contraction
2 - movement with gravity eliminated
3 - movement against gravity
4 - movement against gravity and resistance
5 - normal power
How do you calculate a Wells score for DVT and how do you interpret the results? (remember criteria)
Score of 1 or less DVT is unlikely, do a D-Dimer
Score of 2 or more DVT is likely, do a doppler US
How do you calculate a Wells score for PE and how do you interpret the results? (remember criteria)
Score of 4 or less then PE unlikely
Score over 4 then PE likely
How does a NEWS score inform a management plan?
- Decides frequency of observations
- Decides who to escalate to
What are the different ASA grades? Give some examples of patients that would fit into each grade.
Helps to work out a patient’s fitness for anaesthesia and the risk of perioperative complications
What is the HAS-BLED score for and how do you interpret it?
Assess 1-year risk of major bleeding in people taking anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation
- Low risk for major bleed = 1 or less
- Moderate risk for major bleed = 2
- High risk for major bleed = 3-5
- Very high risk for major bleed = 6 or more