Risk Scores Flashcards
1
Q
FRAX
10-year risk of developing an osteoprosis related fracture
A
- age
- sex
- weight
- height
- previous fracture
- parent fractured hip
- current smoking
- glucocorticoids - current, or 3/12 at high dose
- RA
- alcohol 3+ units a day
- secondary osteoporosis
2
Q
Q risk
Risk of developing CVD in next 10 years
A
- age
- sex
- ethnicity
- UK postcode
- smoking status
- diabetes status
- angina/MI in 1st degree relative <60
- CKD stage 4/5
- RA
- AF
- on antihypertensives
- BP
- BMI
- cholesterol/HDL ratio
3
Q
Diabetes Risk Score
A
- age
- gender
- ethnicity
- BMI
- waist circumference
- hypertension
- relative with diabetes
4
Q
Wells Score
Estimate risk of patient having a DVT
A
- active cancer
- immobilization of leg
- recently bedridden or major surgery
- local tenderness
- entire leg swollen
- calf swelling >3cm compared with asymptomatic leg
- pitting oedema
- collateral superficial veins
- previous DVT
- alternative at least as likely as DVT
5
Q
ABCD2
Risk stratifying in patients who have had a suspected TIA
A
- Age >60
- BP > 140/90
- Clinical features
- unilateral weakness
- speech disturbance (without weakness) - Duration of symptoms
- >1h
- 10-59 min - Diabetes
6
Q
CHADS2 VASc
Need to anticoagulate a patient in AF
A
- CCF
- Hypertension (>140/90)
- Age >75
- Diabetes Mellitus
- S2 - prior TIA or Stroke
- Vascular disease (e.g. MI or intermittent claudication
- Age 65-74
- Sex category female
If score 1+ (2+ if female) consider anticoagulation
7
Q
ORBIT (previously HASBLED)
Bleeding risk
A
- Haemoglobin <130 for males and <120 for females
- Age >74
- Bleeding history (GI, intracranial)
- Renal impairment (GFR <60)
- Treatment with antiplatelet agents
8
Q
CURB-65
Assessing mortality of CAP
A
- Confusion
- Urea >7
- RR >30
- Systolic BP <90
- Age >65
