Scoring Systems Flashcards
Modified Duke
Infective endocarditis
Major and minor criteria for Modified Duke
Major criteriaare:
- Persistently positiveblood cultures(typical bacteria on multiple cultures)
- Specificimaging findings(e.g., a vegetation seen on the echocardiogram)
Minor criteria are:
- Predisposition (e.g., IV drug use or heart valve pathology)
- Feverabove 38°C
- Vascular phenomena(e.g., splenic infarction, intracranial haemorrhage and Janeway lesions)
- Immunological phenomena(e.g., Osler’s nodes, Roth spots and glomerulonephritis)
- Microbiological phenomena (e.g., positive cultures not qualifying as a major criterion)
Child-Pugh
Mortality in patients with liver cirrhosis
Alvadaro score
Predict the likelihood to appendicitis
Modified Glasgow Imrie Score
(PANCREAS mnemonic) - predicts severity of acute pancreatitis
Beighton score
assess hypermobility to support diagnosis of Ehlers-Danlos
Alcohol dependency score?
CAGE, followed by AUDIT
Details of CAGE score?
2/4 + is likely a problem
- Have you ever felt you needed to Cut down on your drinking?
- Have people Annoyed you by criticising your drinking?
- Have you ever felt Guilty about drinking?
- (Eye-opener) Have you ever felt you needed a drink first thing in the morning ) to steady your nerves or to get rid of a hangover?
Bristol stool chart - number for loosest?
7
Stage 1 hypertension
Clinic: above 140/90
Ambulatory: above 135/85
Stage 2 hypertension
Clinic: above 160/100
Ambulatory: above 150/95
Comatose? - Glasgow Coma Score
<8
Wells score?
Risk of DVT and PE
>2 means likely
Parameters scored in Wells score?
active cancer, leg swelling, pitting oedema, combined pill, immobility, recent surgery
QRisk score?
Probability of cardiac event in next 10 years