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COWS Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale
Score: 
5-12 mild; 13-24 moderate; 25-36 moderately severe; more than 36 =
COWS Clinical Opiate ... Withdrawal Scale ... Score: 5-12 ... Opiate #Withdrawal #Scale ... Nursing #Assessment #Score
Papulosquamous Skin Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Erythrematous or violaceous papules & plaques with overlying scale
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... with overlying scale ... thick silvery scale ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm ... life-threatening causes ... troponin; HEART score ... • PERC; Well score ... Pain #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Top Tips to help you use the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS)

1. It's all about the baseline
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help you use the Clinical ... Frailty Scale ( ... automatically increase the score ... DrLindaDykes #Clinical ... #Frailty #Scale
Pulmonary Embolism - Risk Stratification and Prognostication based on scores and clinical features

 • Bova score
Prognostication based on scores ... and clinical features ... • Bova score ... class (30-day all cause
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
ACS Evaluation Algorithm ... Algorithm that ... and the HEART score ... physical activity - Nausea ... Calculate a HEART score
Eczematous Skin Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Eczematous - Pruritic/Scaly/Erythematous lesions. Usually poorly demarcated
 • Atopic Dermatitis
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Eczematous - Pruritic/Scaly ... distinct margins on scalp ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Pustular Skin Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pruritic / Scaly / Erythematous lesions, usually poorly demarcated
Acneiform -
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pruritic / Scaly ... thick honey-yellow crusts ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Approach to suspected Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT)

 • Suspected HIT Algorithm
 • "4 T's" clinical probability score:
Suspected HIT Algorithm ... • "4 T's" clinical ... probability score ... diagnosis #4Ts #algorithm
Causes of Sore Throat / Rhinorrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Common viral pathogens: Rhinovirus, Coronavirus, Influenza virus,
Causes of Sore Throat ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Predominantly Sore ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes #primarycare