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Top Tips to help you use the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS)

1. It's all about the baseline
2.
the Clinical Frailty ... Scale (CFS) ... 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,
(MMSE) is commonly ... tool to detect dementia ... for orientation, memory ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #Score #Assessment
SLU Mental Status Examination Tool
What does the SLU Mental Status Exam Test Do?
Q1-Q3: Attention, immediate recall,
extrapolation #Diagnosis ... #Geriatrics #Dementia ... #SLUMS #MSE #MentalStatus ... #Examination #Assessment ... #Score
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
workup 1) Clinical ... diagnosis Cognitive ... MRI, iADL scale, ... MMSE, neuropsychological ... assessment Alzheimer
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming ... Age > 65, PPI use ... food, salad bar Clinical ... infection Diagnosis ... / CT if focal symptoms
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming ... Age > 65, PPI use ... food, salad bar Clinical ... infection Diagnosis ... / CT if focal symptoms
Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS)
Symptoms of PICS:
 - Physical Domain: Generalized weakness, Fatigue, Difficulty walking
 - Cognitive
Syndrome (PICS) Symptoms ... Cognitive Domain: Memory ... of validated scales ... CAM-ICU) - Pain assessment ... Syndrome #PICS #diagnosis
Rockwood Clinical Frailty Score

There is no single generally accepted clinical definition of frailty. Previously developed tools
Frailty Score ... active disease symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #Scale #Score # ... CFS #Rockwood
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
Clinical Opioid ... stool • 0 - no GI symptoms ... Hospital Opioid Use ... Opiate #Withdrawal #Scale ... #Diagnosis #Addiction
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 ... • Depressive symptoms ... Diagnosis: MRI ... Clinical Presentation ... : The clinical