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The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is commonly used as a screening tool to detect dementia. However,
tool to detect dementia ... for orientation, memory ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #Examination #Score ... #Assessment
Top Tips to help you use the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS)

1. It's all about the baseline
2.
help you use the Clinical ... automatically increase the score ... Dementia doesn't ... #Tips #Geriatrics ... #Diagnosis #Management
Lewy Body Dementia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Lewy Body Dementia is a sub-category of major or mild
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Clinical manifestations ... particularly affecting memory ... visuospatial function Core ... pathophysiology #geriatrics
SLU Mental Status Examination Tool
What does the SLU Mental Status Exam Test Do?
Q1-Q3: Attention, immediate recall,
registration Q6: Memory ... extrapolation #Diagnosis ... #Geriatrics #Dementia ... #Examination #Assessment ... #Score
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Findings Risk ... AlzheimersDisease #Dementia ... pathophysiology #geriatrics ... #diagnosis #signs
M (Mallampati Score): essentially giving you an external assessment tool about the patient’s ability to open
M (Mallampati Score ... you an external assessment ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #EM #PCC #anesth
Rockwood Clinical Frailty Score

There is no single generally accepted clinical definition of frailty. Previously developed tools
Frailty Score ... and not at high risk ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #Scale #Score # ... CFS #Rockwood
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Management Summary Clinical ... Ciprofloxacin OR Imipenem Clinical ... 90% sensitive in pediatrics ... cervical, anal Cxs ... MH/CCF/CWRU EM
Point of Care Ultrasound for Appendicitis - Visual Abstract

Can emergency physicians diagnose appendicitis with high specificity
emergency physicians diagnose ... combination of risk ... assessment and ... referred to as Clinical ... Specificity #Likelihood #EBM