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National Early Warning Score (NEWS) Parameters:

Originally designed to detect deteriorating patients in hospital wards, specifically those
Early Warning Score ... (NEWS) Parameters ... those at increased risk ... Early #Warning #Score ... Screening #Sepsis #Risk
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Algorithm History ... troponin; HEART score ... • PERC; Well score ... Pain #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #workup
#Management #CAP #CommunityAcquiredPneumonia #Pneumonia #Risk #Stratification  #Admission #PSI #CURB65 #Algorithm #Score
CommunityAcquiredPneumonia #Pneumonia #Risk ... #PSI #CURB65 #Algorithm ... #Score
HEART Score – A Tool For the ED The HEART score is an excellent tool that
HEART Score – A ... admission for further workup ... calculating the risk ... identifying low risk ... as well as high risk
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Algorithm that ... and the HEART score ... 2.6) - Cardiac risk ... Calculate a HEART score ... findings - Age - Risk
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
block – aims to risk ... those patients at risk ... There are clear parameters ... components of the algorithm ... Infant #StepByStep #Algorithm
Cerebral Venous Thrombosis (CVT) - Management Algorithm
Prognostic score for CVT:
Variables: Malignancy 2, Coma 2, Deep venous
) - Management Algorithm ... Prognostic score ... haemorrhage 1 <3: Low risk ... outcome. ≥3: High risk ... Thrombosis #Management #Algorithm
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
and Management Algorithm ... to arm/jaw, CAD risk ... CP, Dyspnea, PE risk ... swelling, Wells score ... Diagnosis #Management #Algorithm
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
Hematuria Workup ... and Diagnosis Algorithm ... renal biopsy • Risk ... Hematuria #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Workup #urology
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
are not a major risk ... - No other workup ... Hypercoagulable #Workup ... hematology #diagnosis #algorithm