Scoring Systems Flashcards
Used to determine need to anticoagulate a patient in AF
CHA2DS2-VASc
Prognostic score for risk stratifying patients who’ve had a suspected TIA
ABCD2
Heart failure severity scale
NYHA
Measure of disease activity in RA
DAS28
A scoring system used to assess the severity of liver cirrhosis
Child-Pugh classification
Helps estimate the risk of a patient having a DVT
Wells score
Used to assess cognitive impairment
MMSE
Assess severity of anxiety and depression symptoms
Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HAD) scale
Assess severity of depression symptoms
Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
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 disorder and aid treatment
SCOFF
Alcohol screening tool
- 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
International prostate symptom score
IPSS
Indicates prognosis in prostate cancer
Geason score
Assesses the health of a newborn immediately after birth
APGAR
Used to help assess whether induction of labour will be required
Bishop score
Assess the risk of a patient developing a pressure sore
Waterlow score
Risk assessment tool developed by WHO which calculates a patients 10-year risk of developing an osteoporosis related fracture
FRAX
Acute pancreatitis
Ranson criteria
Malnutrition
MUST
