SETTLE YOUR SCORES with FRCEM SAQ intermediate Dr. Akshay Bhargav
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The following slides have been prepared using content from various sources on the internet and compiled for the sole purpose of exam revision relevant to emergency medicine. The author recommends their verification from standard textbooks if the reader has any doubt whatsoever. Also note that the list is not exhaustive.
Wells for DVT
Modified wells for PE
Rosier score for stroke
ABCD2 score for TIA
Risk of stroke in AF patients
Risk Category CHADS2Low-0 Intermediate-1 High-2,3,4,5,6 CHA2DS2VAScLow-0 Intermediate-1 High-2-9
In patients with a CHADS2 score of 0 to 1 aspirin is acceptable therapy. With a CHADS2 score of 2 or more, oral anticoagulation with warfarin or dabigatran is recommended.
HASBLED score for risk stratification of bleeding in Afib patients
Bleeding risk with HASBLED
Sore throat: Assessing risk of Centor’s criteria for GAbHS Pharyngitis
Westley Croup Score
0-2 mild 3-7 moderate >=8 Severe
CURB 65 for pneumonia
Score >= 3 severe disease
Le Fort type 1 horizontal maxillary fracture, separating the teeth from the upper face fracture line passes through the alveolar ridge, lateral nose and inferior wall of maxillary sinus Le Fort type 2 pyramidal fracture, with the teeth at the pyramid base, and nasofrontal suture at its apex fracture arch passes through posterior alveolar ridge, lateral walls of maxillary sinuses, inferior orbital rim and nasal bones Le Fort type 3 craniofacial dysjunction fracture line passes through nasofrontal suture, maxillo-frontal suture, orbital wall, and zygomatic arch / zygomaticofrontal suture
•Le Fort 1 is a floating palate •Le Fort 2 is a floating maxilla •Le Fort 3 is a floating face
Truelove and witts classification for Ulcerative colitis Feature
Mild
Severe
Fulminant
Stools/day
6 + bloody
>10 + bloody
Pulse
Normal
>90bpm
>90bpm
Temperature
Normal
>37.5
>37.5
Hemoglobin
Normal
Anemia (30
X-Ray
Normal
Colonic air, bowel edema, thumbprinting sign
Colonic dilatation
Clinical signs and rectal bleed
No signs of toxicity
Abdominal pain, Increasing signs of toxicity. Severe rectal bleed
Abdominal distension, severely toxic. Continuous rectal bleed
Albumin
Normal
