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CURB-65 Scoring and Treatment Options #Management #Pneumonia #Risk #Stratification #Admission #CURB65 #Criteria #Severity #Score
Management #Pneumonia #Risk ... Admission #CURB65 #Criteria ... #Severity #Score
Risk Stratification Scoring Tools in Pneumonia - CURB65 and SMARTCOP
#Diagnosis #Management #Admission #Pneumonia #Risk #Stratification #CURB65
Risk Stratification ... Admission #Pneumonia #Risk ... CURB65 #SMARTCOP #Criteria ... #Severity #Score
CURB-65 (Confusion, Urea nitrogen, Respiratory rate, Blood pressure, 65 years of age and older) score #Diagnosis
age and older) score ... Diagnosis #Pneumonia #Risk ... CURB65 #CRB65 #Criteria ... #Severity #Score
CURB-65 Scoring and Risk Stratification for Pneumonia - Admission Assessment

#Diagnosis #Management #Admission #Pneumonia #Risk #Stratification #CURB65
65 Scoring and Risk ... Admission #Pneumonia #Risk ... Stratification #CURB65 #Criteria ... #Severity #Score
Anticholinergic Cognitive Burden Scale (ACB Scale)
 
Categorical Scoring:
 •	 Possible anticholinergics include those listed with ascore
Anticholinergic medications ... may increase the risk ... increase in the risk ... Deprescribing #Medications ... #List #Pharmacology
Tranexamic Acid - Indications and Pharmacology
Pharmacokinetics:
 • MOA: Inhibits plasminogen activation to plasmin & inhibits fibrinolysis
Tranexamic Acid - Indications ... and Pharmacology ... Hemoptysis, GI Bleeding ... fatigue; Increases risk ... #Pharmacology #
Stool Cultures - Indications in Diarrhea
Patient Categories to Order Stool Cultures On:
 • Persisting 1 week
Stool Cultures - Indications ... illness (diarrhea leading ... hospitalization) • High risk ... Stool #Cultures #Indications ... #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Abbreviated Beers List of Medications to Avoid in the Elderly

The Beers List, which was updated in
Beers List of Medications ... unnecessarily high risk ... including only high-severity ... medications. ... #Beers #List #Pharmacology
Hydroxychloroquine - Risks and Benefits in Lupus
Benefits:
↓ Disease activity, ↓ Flare, ↓ Damage, ↓ Corticosteroid dose,
Cardiovascular risk ... recommended with other medications ... leading to prolonged ... deficiency [(limited) risk ... Benefits #Lupus #pharmacology
Rockwood Clinical Frailty Score

There is no single generally accepted clinical definition of frailty. Previously developed tools
Clinical Frailty Score ... dressing. 7 Severely ... and not at high risk ... months). 8 Very Severely ... Frailty #Scale #Score