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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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help you use the Clinical ... Frailty Scale ( ... automatically increase the score ... Dementia doesn't ... #Diagnosis #Management
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 ... #Dementia #SLUMS ... #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,
Mental Status Examination ... registration Q6: Memory ... extrapolation #Diagnosis ... #Geriatrics #Dementia ... #Assessment #Score
Burch-Wartofsky Point Scale for Diagnosis of Thyroid Storm
 • Thermoregulatory Dysfunction
    - Temperature
Burch-Wartofsky Point Scale ... for Diagnosis of ... Dysfunction (0-20) • CNS ... History (0-10) Scores ... #endocrinology
Symptoms and Signs of Hypocalcemia
Muscular: Weakness, fatigue, Spasms, cramps
Neurologic: Tetany, Chvostek sign, Trousseau sign, Circumoral and
paresthesias, Impaired memory ... Hallucinations, dementia ... brittle hair, Dry, scaly ... Symptoms #Signs #diagnosis ... #endocrinology
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)

Definition:
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive disorders categories:
• Asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment
• Mild neurocognitive impairment
• HIV dementia

Pathophysiology:
HIV frequently
impairment • HIV dementia ... Diagnosis: MRI ... Clinical Presentation ... : The clinical ... neurocognitive #disorder #dementia
Rockwood Clinical Frailty Score

There is no single generally accepted clinical definition of frailty. Previously developed tools
Frailty Score ... recover even from a minor ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #Scale #Score # ... CFS #Rockwood
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

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

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Sjogren's Syndrome Diagnosis ... biopsy • Ocular examination ... RTA, TYPE I RTA Diagnosis ... : • LIP (minor ... salivary ducts Clinical