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

1. It's all about the baseline
2.
Scale (CFS) ... automatically increase the score ... Dementia doesn't ... #CFS #Tips #Geriatrics ... #Diagnosis #Management
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 ... #SLUMS #MSE #MentalStatus ... #Score
Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Plts ↓50% (nadir
: • Clinical Suspicion ... → Calculate 4T score ... • If 4T score ... non-heparin A/C if clinical ... #Hematology #HemeOnc
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
Total scores >2 ... Agitation Sedation Scale ... will vary with clinical ... #CriticalCare #diagnosis ... #management
Rockwood Clinical Frailty Score

There is no single generally accepted clinical definition of frailty. Previously developed tools
Frailty Score ... predictive and easy to use ... 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
biopsy • Ocular examination ... salivary ducts Clinical ... Nephrogenic DI Hematologic ... phenomenon (16%) MSK ... #Diagnosis #Management