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Health risks of obesity

Greatly increased risk (RR >3):
 - Mortality (BMI >30) 
 - Type 2
Health risks of ... Greatly increased risk ... confers a 92x ^ risk ... Diagnosis #Obesity #Risks
Rewarming Methods in Hypothermia
 • Passive rewarming - Requires adequate patient physiologic mechanisms. Inadequate for more
Low benefit, low risk ... Gastric lavage - Risks ... Peritoneal lavage - Risks ... Thoracic lavage - Risks ... management #treatment #ebm
NICE Decision Aid to assess the risk of bleeding on anticoagulation - HAS-BLED Score 1 

#Management
to assess the risk ... anticoagulation - HAS-BLED Score ... DecisionAid #HASBLED #Score1
HEART Score and MACE
History
ECG
Age
Risk factors
Troponin
LOW RISK = HEART score ≤ 3

#HEART #Score #MACE #cardiology #diagnosis #risk
HEART Score and ... History ECG Age Risk ... factors Troponin LOW RISK ... = HEART score ≤ ... cardiology #diagnosis #risk
Atrial Fibrillation - Decision Aid - Anti-coagulation and Risk for Stroke - CHADS2VASc Score 5

#Management #Atrial
Anti-coagulation and Risk ... Stroke - CHADS2VASc Score ... CHADS2VASc #CHADSVASc #Score5
CHA2DS2VASc vs HAS-BLED scores for stroke risk and bleed risk on anticoagulation

C	Congestive Heart Failure	1

H	Hypertension	1

A2	Age >75	2

D	Diabetes Mellitus	1

S2	Stroke,
CHA2DS2VASc vs HAS-BLED scores ... for stroke risk ... and bleed risk ... Alcohol (>8 drinks ... #Risk #Stroke #
Statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases (in patients at higher risk) - Patient Visual Decision
patients at higher risk ... patients with higher risks ... These risks were
HAS-BLED Score: Estimates risk of major bleeding for patients on anticoagulation to assess risk-benefit in atrial
HAS-BLED Score: ... Estimates risk of ... anticoagulation to assess risk-benefit ... Diagnosis #HASBLED #Score ... #Risk #Bleed #Anticoagulation
HEART Score allows us to risk stratify low risk chest pain patients and get them out
HEART Score allows ... us to risk stratify ... low risk chest ... Calculate the HEART Score ... #RISK #MACE #ChestPain
Rhabdomyolysis - McMahon risk prediction score

Using this prediction model, patients with a score < 5 were
Rhabdomyolysis - McMahon risk ... prediction score ... found to have low risk ... were at a higher risk ... Rhabdomyolysis #McMahon #risk