Scoring Systems Flashcards
Classification of aortic dissections
DeBakey Classification
Assessing frailty
PRISMA-7
> 3 = frail
Assessing severity of depression
PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire 9)
Assessing malnutrition in adults
MUST Score
Estimates the risk of pressure sores
Waterlow score
Screening for depression and anxiety
HAD Score (Hospital Anxiety + Depression Score)
Categorises type of frailty
Rockwood score
Used to determine the need to anticoagulate a patient in atrial fibrillation
- Evaluate risk of stroke in AF patients
CHA2DS2-VASc
Prognostic score for risk stratifying patients who’ve had a suspected TIA
ABCD2
Heart failure severity scale
New York Heart Association (NYHA)
Measure of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis
DAS28
A scoring system used to assess the severity of liver cirrhosis
Child-Pugh classification
Helps estimate the risk of a patient having a deep vein thrombosis
Wells score
Used to assess cognitive impairment
Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE)
Used as a screening tool and severity measure for generalised anxiety disorder
GAD-7
Used to screen for postnatal depression
Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Score
Questionnaire used to detect eating disorders and aid treatment
SCOFF
Alcohol screening tools
AUDIT
CAGE
FAST
Used to assess the prognosis of a patient with pneumonia
CURB-65
Used in the assessment of suspected obstructive sleep apnoea
Epworth Sleepiness Scale
Used to screen, monitor and rapidly diagnose BPH
International prostate symptom score (IPSS)
Indicates prognosis in prostate cancer
Gleason score
Assesses the health of a newborn immediately after birth
APGAR
Used to help assess the whether induction of labour will be required
Bishop score
Risk assessment tool developed by WHO which calculates a patients 10-year risk of developing an osteoporosis related fracture
FRAX
Assesses severity of acute pancreatitis
Ranson criteria
Used to diagnose appendicitis
Alvadaro score
5/6 = likely appendicitis
Calculation used in fluid management for burns
Parkland formula
SA (%) x weight (kg) x 4ml
Used to identify families with Lynch Syndrome (HNPCC)
Amsterdam criteria
Criteria that serves a role in determining which patients may require transplantation in acute liver failure
King’s College Criteria
Measures disability of daily living in stroke patients
Barthel index
Measures risk of bleeding if on anticoagulants
HASBLED
Used to recognise stroke in the emergency department
ROSIER Score
if score > 0 = Stroke likely
Used to classify stroke syndromes
Bamford (Oxford) Stroke Classification
Used to diagnose complex regional pain syndrome
Budapest Diagnostic Criteria
Used to assess for severe alcohol withdrawal
Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment (CIWA-Ar)
Criteria used to gauge the likelihood of a bacterial (streptococcus) sore throat
Fever Pain Criteria
Criteria used to identify those likely to benefit from use of antibiotics for a sore throat
Centor Criteria
Used to predict the ease of intubation
Mallampati scoring system
Classification system for Hypertensive retinopathy
Keith- Wagener System
Criteria for Septic Arthritis
Kocher’s criteria
Staging of Perthe’s disease
Caterall Staging
