Scoring Systems

Question 1

Classification of aortic dissections

Answer 1

DeBakey Classification

Question 2

Assessing frailty

Answer 2

PRISMA-7

> 3 = frail

Question 3

Assessing severity of depression

Answer 3

PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire 9)

Question 4

Assessing malnutrition in adults

Answer 4

MUST Score

Question 5

Estimates the risk of pressure sores

Answer 5

Waterlow score

Question 6

Screening for depression and anxiety

Answer 6

HAD Score (Hospital Anxiety + Depression Score)

Question 7

Categorises type of frailty

Answer 7

Rockwood score

Question 8

Used to determine the need to anticoagulate a patient in atrial fibrillation

• Evaluate risk of stroke in AF patients

Answer 8

CHA2DS2-VASc

Question 9

Prognostic score for risk stratifying patients who’ve had a suspected TIA

Answer 9

ABCD2

Question 10

Heart failure severity scale

Answer 10

New York Heart Association (NYHA)

Question 11

Measure of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis

Answer 11

DAS28

Question 12

A scoring system used to assess the severity of liver cirrhosis

Answer 12

Child-Pugh classification

Question 13

Helps estimate the risk of a patient having a deep vein thrombosis

Answer 13

Wells score

Question 14

Used to assess cognitive impairment

Answer 14

Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE)

Question 15

Used as a screening tool and severity measure for generalised anxiety disorder

Answer 15

GAD-7

Question 16

Used to screen for postnatal depression

Answer 16

Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Score

Question 17

Questionnaire used to detect eating disorders and aid treatment

Answer 17

SCOFF

Question 18

Alcohol screening tools

Answer 18

AUDIT
CAGE
FAST

Question 19

Used to assess the prognosis of a patient with pneumonia

Answer 19

CURB-65

Question 20

Used in the assessment of suspected obstructive sleep apnoea

Answer 20

Epworth Sleepiness Scale

Question 21

Used to screen, monitor and rapidly diagnose BPH

Answer 21

International prostate symptom score (IPSS)

Question 22

Indicates prognosis in prostate cancer

Answer 22

Gleason score

Question 23

Assesses the health of a newborn immediately after birth

Answer 23

APGAR

Question 24

Used to help assess the whether induction of labour will be required

Answer 24

Bishop score

Question 25

Risk assessment tool developed by WHO which calculates a patients 10-year risk of developing an osteoporosis related fracture

Answer 25

FRAX

Question 26

Assesses severity of acute pancreatitis

Answer 26

Ranson criteria

Question 27

Used to diagnose appendicitis

Answer 27

Alvadaro score 5/6 = likely appendicitis

Question 28

Calculation used in fluid management for burns

Answer 28

Parkland formula SA (%) x weight (kg) x 4ml

Question 29

Used to identify families with Lynch Syndrome (HNPCC)

Answer 29

Amsterdam criteria

Question 30

Criteria that serves a role in determining which patients may require transplantation in acute liver failure

Answer 30

King's College Criteria

Question 31

Measures disability of daily living in stroke patients

Answer 31

Barthel index

Question 32

Measures risk of bleeding if on anticoagulants

Answer 32

HASBLED

Question 33

Used to recognise stroke in the emergency department

Answer 33

ROSIER Score if score > 0 = Stroke likely

Question 34

Used to classify stroke syndromes

Answer 34

Bamford (Oxford) Stroke Classification

Question 35

Used to diagnose complex regional pain syndrome

Answer 35

Budapest Diagnostic Criteria

Question 36

Used to assess for severe alcohol withdrawal

Answer 36

Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment (CIWA-Ar)

Question 37

Criteria used to gauge the likelihood of a bacterial (streptococcus) sore throat

Answer 37

Fever Pain Criteria

Question 38

Criteria used to identify those likely to benefit from use of antibiotics for a sore throat

Answer 38

Centor Criteria

Question 39

Used to predict the ease of intubation

Answer 39

Mallampati scoring system

Question 40

Classification system for Hypertensive retinopathy

Answer 40

Keith- Wagener System

Question 41

Criteria for Septic Arthritis

Answer 41

Kocher's criteria

Question 42

Staging of Perthe's disease

Answer 42

Caterall Staging