Clinical Prediction Rules NMT Flashcards
Cauda Equina Syndrome
- Rapid symptoms within 24 hours 89% sensitivity
- History of back pain 94% sensitivity
- Urinary retention 90% sensitivity
- Loss of sphincter tone 80% sensitivity
- Sacral sensation loss 85% sensitivity
- Lower extremity weakness or gait loss 84% sensitivity
Anterior Shoulder Instability after trauma:
- Apprehension
- Relocation
- Anterior Drawer
Lumbar Radiculopathy
- Dermatomal pattern (OR = 4.1)
- Pain on cough, sneezing, straining (OR = 3.2)
- More pain Sitting (OR=1.9
- Subjective muscle weakness (OR = 2.2)
- Subjective Sensory loss (OR = 2.1)
- Paresis/Motor Loss (OR = 3.7)
- +SLR (OR = 3.9)
- Unilat Ankle reflex (OR = 3.9)
Spine Cancer
- Age > 50 (sensitivity 0.77, specificity 0.71)
- previous history of cancer (sensitivity 0.31, specificity 0.98)
- failure to improve in 1 mo. of therapy (sensitivity 0.31, specificity 0.90)
- no relief with bed rest (sensitivity >0.90, specificity 0.46)
- duration of pain > 1 mo (sensitivity 0.50, specificity 0.81)
- COMBO: age >50 + cancer hx or unexplained wt loss + failure of conservative tx (sensitivity 1.00, specificity 0.60)
- Insidious onset (no stats)
- constitutional symptoms (no stats)
Ankylosing Spondylitis
- age at onset <40 (sensitivity 1.00, specificity 0.07)
- pain not relieved by supine position (sensitivity 0.80, specificity 0.49)
- morning back stiffness 0.64 0.59
- pain duration >3 months 0.71 0.54
Diagnostic Cluster Ankylosing Spondylitis
Interpretation
4 of 5 questions above positive also: improved by exercise 0.23 0.82 +LR = 1.27
Canadian Cervical Spine Rules: (high risk factors)
- Age > 65
2. Dangerous Mechanism of Injury (i.e. fall > 1m or 5 stairs, axial load to head, high-speed motor vehicle accident, motorized recreational vehicle, bicycle collision) - Paresthesias in extremities
Canadian Cervical Spine Rules: (low risk factors that allow safe assessment of range of motion)
- Simple rear-end motor accident
- Normal sitting posture in emergency department
- Ambulatory at any time since injury
4. Delayed onset of neck pain and absence of midline tenderness
Using Canadian C-spine rules + Is the patient able to actively rotate the neck > 45 degrees to the right and the left? Indicates–
If there is (1) High Risk Factors or (2) Low Risk Factors and the inability to actively rotate the neck > 45 degrees to the right and the left, radiographs are indicated.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome:
- Shaking hands for symptom relief
- Wrist-ratio index greater than .67
- Symptom Severity Scale score greater than 1.9
- Reduced median sensory field of digit 1
- Age greater than 45 years
Cervical Myelopathy:
- Gait deviation
- Positive Hoffmann’s test
- Positive inverted supinator sign
- Positive Babinski test
5. Age > 45 years
Cervical Radiculopathy:
- Positive Upper Limb Tension Test A
- Involved cervical rotation < 60 degrees
3. Positive Distraction Test - Positive Spurling’s A
Closed Cervical Spine Fractures:
- Age < 55 years old
- Single (Marital status)
- Condition involved trauma
- Acute condition
- Condition involved ER visit
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT):
- Active Cancer (treatment ongoing or within previous 6 months): + 1 Point
- Paralysis, paresis or recent plaster immobilization of the LE: + 1 Point
3. Recently bedridden for 3 days or more, or major surgery within the previous 12 weeks requiring anesthesia: + 1 Point - Localized tenderness along the distribution of the deep venous system: + 1 Point
5. Entire leg swelling: + 1 Point - Calf Swelling at least 3cm larger than asymptomatic leg (measured 10cm below tibial tub): + 1 Point
- Pitting Edema confined in symptomatic leg: + 1 Point
8. Collateral superficial veins (nonvaricose): + 1 Point - Previous DVT: + 1 Point
10. Alternative diagnosis at least as likely as a DVT: – 2 Points
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) cluster probability
> 3: High Probability 1-2: Moderate Probability 0: Low Probability