Scoring Systems :) Flashcards

1
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Glasgow coma scale motor response

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1- None
2- extending to pain
3- abnormal flexion to pain 
4- withdraws from pain
5- localises to pain
6- obeys commands
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2
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Verbal response GCS

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1- None
2- Sounds
3- Words
4- Confused
5- Orientated
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3
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GCS eye opening

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1- None
2- To pain
3- To speech
4- Spontaneous

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4
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GCS score

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3 totally unresponsive
8 comatose
15 best response

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5
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CURB65

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Confusion MMT<8
Urea>7mmol/L
RR>30
BP <=90 systolic or <=60 diastolic 
Age >=65
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6
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FeverPAIN

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Fever> 38
Purulent (pharyngeal/tonsillar exudate)
Attend rapidly within 3 days
Inflamed tonsils 
No cough or coryza

Indicates likelihood of isolating streptococci

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7
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CHA2DSVASc score

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1 in males- consider
>2 in males or females- anticoagulate

CHF
HTN
>=75
DM
Stroke/TIA
Vascular disease (IHD, PAD)
Age>=65
Female
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8
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Moderate asthma

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PEF 50-75%
Speech normal
RR <25/min
Pulse <110bpm

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9
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Severe asthma

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PEFR 33-50%
Can’t complete sentences in one breath
RR >25
Pulse >110

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10
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Life-threatening

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PEFR <33%
SpO2 <92
Normal CO2
Silent chest, cyanosis, poor resp effort, bradycardia, dysrhythmia or hypotension, exhaustion, confusion or coma

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MRC dyspnoea scale

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1- breathless with strenuous exercise
2- SoB when hurrying on the level or walking up a hill
3- walks slower than people of the same age on the level or stops for breathy while walking at own pace on the level
4- stops for breath after walking 100m
5- too breathless to leave the house or breathless when dressing

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12
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CKD classification

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1 eGFR >90ml/min

2: 60-90
3a: 45-59
3b: 30-44
4: 15-29
5: <15

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13
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MRC muscle power

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0: No contraction
1: flicker or trace of contraction
2: active movement, with gravity eliminated
3: active movement against gravity
4: active movement against gravity and resistance
5: active movement against resistance

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14
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Glasgow Blatchford score significance

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Decided which patients with upper GI bleeding are candidates for outpatient management

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15
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Rockall score

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After endoscopy determines patients risk of rebleeding and mortality

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16
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POSSUM score

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Physiological and operative severity score for the enumeration of mortality and morbidity
Used to predict risk-adjusted mortality and morbidity rates in a wide variety of surgical procedures

17
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NELA

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National emergency laparotomy audit

Provides an estimate of the risk of death within 30days of emergency abdominal surgery

18
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Ranson score

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Used for acute pancreatitis Mortality

19
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Rome IV criteria

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Used for diagnosis of IBS

20
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FAST score

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Alcohol screening test

21
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GP- COG

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GP screening tool for dementia

22
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STaRTBack

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Used for back pain

23
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PHQ-9

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Depression tool
0-4 none
5-9 mild
10-14 moderate
15-19 moderately severe
20-27 severe
24
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Atropine for post-MI bradycardia

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500micrograms every 3-5minutes IV

Maximum 3mg per course

25
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Calcium gluconate in severe hyperkalaemia

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30mL, calcium gluconate 10% over 10mins

26
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Insulin dextrose in hyperkalaemia

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10units insulin into 50mL of 50% glucose
Add mix to 100mL bag of 0.9% saline
15minutes

27
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Morphine in MI

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Slow IV injection
5-10mg, then another 5-10mg if required
1-2mg/min

28
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Naloxone for opioid overdose

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400micrograms, then 800micrograms for up to 2 doses at 1minutr intervals

29
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Diazepam in status epilepticus

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10mg, then 10mg after 10minutes IV

30
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Lorazepam in epilepsy

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4mg for 1 dose, then 4mg after 10minutes

31
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ABCD2 score

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Predicts short term risk of a stroke after a TIA
Age 
Blood pressure
Clinical features
Duration of symptoms 
Presence of diabetes 
>=4 is a higher risk
32
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How to manage TIA

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300mg aspirin daily
Blood tests
Carotid Doppler
CT/MRI

33
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Management of ischaemic stroke

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Aspirin 300mg then continue for 2 weeks
If <4.5hours alteplase
If <6 hours thrombectomy

34
Q

Severe middle artery infarction

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Risk of malignant MCA syndrome
Decompressive hemicraniectomy within 48hours 
NIHSS>15
<60
Infarct of >50% MCA territory
35
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Secondary prevention of stroke

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Clopidogrel and aspirin

36
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Death certificate

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1a cause of death
1b condition leading to cause of death
1c additional condition leading to 1b
2 any contributing factors or conditions