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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) ... automatically increase the score ... Dementia doesn't ... #Geriatrics #Diagnosis
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
Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE)
Score one point for each correct response within each question or activity.

#MMSE #Mini
Mini-Mental Status Examination ... (MMSE) Score one ... Mental #Status #Examination ... #diagnosis #dementia ... #neurology #geriatrics
Rockwood Clinical Frailty Score

There is no single generally accepted clinical definition of frailty. Previously developed tools
Rockwood Clinical Frailty ... Score There ... recover even from a minor ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #Scale #Score #
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
episodic and semantic memory ... aggression #AlzheimersDisease ... #Dementia #pathophysiology ... #geriatrics #diagnosis
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
Lewy Body Dementia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Lewy Body Dementia is a sub-category of major or mild
(required for diagnosis ... particularly affecting memory ... visuospatial function Core ... pathophysiology #geriatrics ... #diagnosis
To be eligible for hospice beneficiaries with Alzheimer’s disease must have a FAST Scale of greater
must have a FAST Scale ... #FAST #Stage #Score ... #Alzheimers #Dementia ... Test #Hospice #Diagnosis ... #Geriatrics #Palliative