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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
Lewy Body Dementia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Lewy Body Dementia is a sub-category of major or mild
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Clinical manifestations ... (required for diagnosis ... particularly affecting memory ... visuospatial function Core
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
Bleeding risk calculators - HAS-BLED (atrial fibrillation) and IMPROVE (VTE prophylaxis for inpatients)
Important notes:
 • No
Bleeding risk calculators ... studies suggest net clinical ... #Scores #Calculators ... Anticoagulation #Factors #Hematology ... #Diagnosis
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
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Findings Risk ... episodic and semantic memory ... AlzheimersDisease #Dementia ... pathophysiology #geriatrics #diagnosis
Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Plts ↓50% (nadir
injection sites) ↑ Risk ... : • Clinical Suspicion ... → Calculate 4T score ... • If 4T score ... Management #Treatment #Hematology
Rockwood Clinical Frailty Score

There is no single generally accepted clinical definition of frailty. Previously developed tools
Frailty Score ... and not at high risk ... recover even from a minor ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #Scale #Score #
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Sjogren's Syndrome Diagnosis ... salivary ducts Clinical ... effusion, INC risk ... Nephrogenic DI Hematologic ... Malignancy Risk
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
plasmacytoma) Clinical ... discharge, dysphagia, sore ... plasmacytoma carries a risk ... involvement - higher risk ... #Workup #Hematology