Scoring Systems

Question 1

ABCD2 score

Answer 1

Risk of stroke after TIA

Question 2

ACR score

Answer 2

Rheumatoid arthritis

Question 3

Aldrete’s scoring system

Answer 3

Determines when patients can be safely discharged from the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) to either the postsurgical ward or to the second stage (Phase II) recovery area

Question 4

Alvarado score

Answer 4

Appendicitis

Question 5

CHA2DS2–VASc score

Answer 5

Anticoagulation in AF

Question 6

Child-Pugh score

Answer 6

prognosis of chronic liver disease, mainly cirrhosis

Question 7

Communication Function Classification System

Answer 7

Cerebral palsy

Question 8

Cormack-Lehane classification system

Answer 8

classifies views obtained by direct laryngoscopy based on the structures seen

Question 9

Eagle score

Answer 9

Vascular patients - risk of dying during heart surgery

Question 10

Geneva score?

Answer 10

PE

Question 11

Glasgow Blatchford score

Answer 11

ikelihood that a patient with an acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) will need to have medical intervention such as a blood transfusion or endoscopic intervention

Question 12

Gleason grading system

Answer 12

prognosis of prostate cancer using samples from a prostate biopsy

Question 13

Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS)

Answer 13

Cerebral palsy motor function

Question 14

HAS-BLED

Answer 14

Risk of bleeding on anticoagulation

Question 15

Mallampati score

Answer 15

Predicts ease of intubation

Question 16

Manual Ability Classification System (MACS)

Answer 16

Describes how children aged from 4 to 18 years old with cerebral palsy use their hands with objects during activities of daily living

Question 17

Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD)

Answer 17

severity of chronic liver disease

Question 18

Modified Maddrey’s discriminant function

Answer 18

predict prognosis in alcoholic hepatitis

Question 19

Oswestry Disability Index

Answer 19

quantify disability for low back pain

Question 20

QRISK

Answer 20

prediction algorithm for cardiovascular disease

Question 21

Modified Glasgow Score

Answer 21

Acute pancreatitis severity

Question 22

Rockall score

Answer 22

identify patients at risk of adverse outcome following acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Question 23

Waterlow score

Answer 23

estimated risk for the development of a pressure sore

Question 24

Wells score

Answer 24

DVT/PE probability scoring

Question 25

WOMAC

Answer 25

evaluate the condition of patients with osteoarthritis of the knee and hip