Risk Scores etc.

Question 1

Framingham Heart Failure Criteria

Answer 1

Congestive heart failure diagnostic tool

2 major criteria OR 1 major + 2 minor required

Question 2

DeBakey Classification

Answer 2

For aortic dissection
I - ascending and descending aorta
II - ascending aorta
III - descending aorta

Question 3

Stanford Criteria

Answer 3

For aortic dissection
A - ascending aorta
B - descending aorta

Question 4

GRACE score

Answer 4

6 month mortality in ACS

Question 5

TIMI score

Answer 5

For 14 day mortality in UA/NSTEMI

Question 6

Dukes Criteria

Answer 6

For infective endocarditis 
For diagnosis:
2 major and 1 minor OR
1 major and 3 minor OR
5 minor

Question 7

Framingham Risk Score

Answer 7

10 year risk of MI

Question 8

QRISK

Answer 8

10 year risk of stroke or MI

Question 9

Well’s Score

Answer 9

DVT
2+ points considered likely DVT

PE
4+ points = immediate CTPA or V/Q scan
Below 3 points but clinical suspicion then use D-Dimer to rule out

Question 10

CURB65

Answer 10

For pneumonia

Confusion (new onset) (1 point)
Urea > 7 mmol (1 point)
Resp rate > 30 (1 point)
BP systolic < 90 or diastolic < 60 (1 point)
65+ (1 point)

3+ needs inpatient management

Question 11

Lights Criteria

Answer 11

Diagnosing exudative pleural effusion

Fluid protein/serum protein ratio > 0.5
Fluid lactate dehydrogenase/serum LDH > 0.6
Pleural fluid LDH > 2/3’s upper limit of normal serum value

Question 12

ABCD2 Score

Answer 12

To quantify stroke risk after a TIA

Risk factors inc. 
Age > 60
BP > 140/90
Long symptom duration
Weakness or speech deficits in TIA
Diabetes

Question 13

Glasgow score for pancreatitis severity (PANCREAS)

Answer 13

PaO2 <8 kPa
Age > 55
Neutrophils - WCC > 15x109/L
Calcium < 2 mmol/L 
Renal - Urea > 16 mmol/L
Enzymes – Lactate (LDH) > 600 IU/L or AST > 200 IU/L
Albumin < 32 G/L
Sugars < 10 mmol/L