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Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST‐10) Questionnaire and Interpretation
1. Have you used drugs other than those required
Drug Abuse Screening ... Test (DAST‐10) ... Do you abuse more ... DAST-10 Score: ... level #Drug #Abuse
Elder Abuse
Caregiver 
• Substance abuse 
• Mental illness 
• Financial dependence on elder 
• Unemployed 
•
Elder Abuse Caregiver ... • Substance abuse ... ratios #Elder #Abuse
Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN)
#Peds #Pediatrics #ChildAbuse #SCAN #Neglect #Suspected #Screening #Overview
Suspected Child Abuse
Standardized Physical Abuse Guideline
<6 months of age
 • Social work consult
 • Skeletal survey
 • Head
Standardized Physical Abuse ... #Physical #Abuse
Historical Indicators of Pediatric Physical Abuse:
- No/vague explanation for a significant injury
- Important detail of the
Pediatric Physical Abuse ... History #Physical #Abuse
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
lactulose, Laxative abuse ... Secretory laxative abuse
Peripheral Blood Smear Analysis
Hypochromia
Megaloblastic Anemia
Schistocytes: Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (e.g. DIC, TTP, HUS)
Microspherocytes: Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Sickled red
Thalassemia, Alcohol abuse
Causes of Pediatric Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infectious:
 • Viral
 • Bacterial
 • Parasitic
Malabsorption:
 • Lactase
Drugs • Laxative Abuse
Ataxic gait (Spino-cerebellar ataxia)

#Ataxic #gait disorders occur due to dysfunction of the #cerebellum, the part of
chronic alcohol abuse
Non-invasive biomarkers for excessive alcohol use
Acute Alcohol Use Biomarkers:
 - Ethanol
 - Ethyl Glucuronide (EtG) and
alcohol #dependence #abuse