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Top Tips to help you use the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS)

1. It's all about the baseline
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use the Clinical Frailty ... Scale (CFS) ... Terminally ill (CFS ... #Clinical #Frailty ... #Geriatrics #Diagnosis
Rockwood Clinical Frailty Score

There is no single generally accepted clinical definition of frailty. Previously developed tools
Rockwood Clinical Frailty ... active disease symptoms ... daily help, often symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #Scale #Score #CFS
The Febrile Child - some diagnostic clues to evaluating the febrile child.

#Febrile #Fever #Evaluation #Assessment #Signs
Febrile Child - some diagnostic ... Assessment #Signs #Symptoms ... #PhysicalExam # ... Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics
Causes of Acute Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Fever, No Tachypnea
 - Normal Chest Auscultation
Causes of Acute Pediatric ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Tachypnea - Normal ... Bronchitis - No URTI Symptoms ... #Causes #Peds #Pediatrics
The Dementia Umbrella

Dementia is an umbrella term that describes a collection of symptoms that are caused
collection of symptoms ... with the person's normal ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Classification #Geriatrics
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
- Differential Diagnosis ... Variant, Normal ... Anorexia Nervosa • CNS ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... endocrinology #causes #pediatrics
Croup Diagnosis and Management Pearls
Common childhood illness, usually viral and self limiting. Characterised by a seal-like
Croup Diagnosis ... Symptoms usually ... Single dose of oral ... PeterboroughEM #Croup #Diagnosis ... #Management #pediatrics
Acute Otitis Media: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings (in Children)
Upper Respiratory Tract Infection: 
 - Bacterial: Streptococcus
of secretions normally ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #symptoms #signs ... #peds #pediatrics
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis ... septic arthritis diagnosis ... 90% sensitive in pediatrics ... arthritis (therefore oral ... cervical, anal Cxs
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
Virus -> Fecal-oral ... hemorrhagic rash; symptoms ... non-specific viral symptoms ... genital warts, abnormal ... Immunization #peds #pediatrics