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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 ... #Scale #CFS #Tips ... #Geriatrics #Diagnosis
Rockwood Clinical Frailty Score

There is no single generally accepted clinical definition of frailty. Previously developed tools
Score There ... active disease symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #Scale #Score # ... CFS #Rockwood
The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is commonly used as a screening tool to detect dementia. However,
tool to detect dementia ... for orientation, memory ... , attention, and ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #Score #Assessment
Glasgow Coma Scale - Adult and Pediatrics

Check on the health of a newborn baby using the
Glasgow Coma Scale ... newborn based on the signs ... and symptoms present ... Adult #Pediatrics #Diagnosis ... #Score #GCS
Symptoms and Signs of Hypocalcemia
Muscular: Weakness, fatigue, Spasms, cramps
Neurologic: Tetany, Chvostek sign, Trousseau sign, Circumoral and
Symptoms and Signs ... paresthesias, Impaired memory ... Hallucinations, dementia ... brittle hair, Dry, scaly ... #Signs #diagnosis
Hypothyroidism – symptoms and signs.

Symptoms: 
Tiredness/malaise, 
Weight gain,
Anorexia,
Cold intolerance, 
Poor memory,
Change in appearance, 
Depression, 
Poor libido,
and signs. ... Symptoms: Tiredness ... intolerance, Poor memory ... slowness, Psychosis/dementia ... #Symptoms #Diagnosis
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
chromosome 21) Signs ... semantic memory ... AlzheimersDisease #Dementia ... pathophysiology #geriatrics #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Jones criteria for diagnosis of rheumatic fever 

Requirements for Diagnosis: Two major, or one major and
Jones criteria for diagnosis ... , or one major and ... two minor, criteria ... #Symptoms #Signs ... Guide to Physical Examination
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
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 ... Encephalopathy Triad: • Memory ... • Depressive symptoms ... Diagnosis: MRI ... neurocognitive #disorder #dementia