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The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is commonly used as a screening tool to detect dementia. However,
tool to detect dementia ... Mental Status (SLUMS ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #Dementia #SLUMS ... Examination #Score #Assessment
Assessing Pain - Kids <4 Years: Very limited communication; Can use the FLACC Scale (Faces, Legs,
use the FLACC Scale ... Consolability) Scale ... Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics ... FLACC #PainScale #Assessment
How to Measure Frailty in Your Patients - Clinical Frailty Scale

#Frailty #Measurement #Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Scale
Your Patients - Clinical ... Frailty Scale ... Measurement #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #Scale
Top Tips to help you use the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS)

1. It's all about the baseline
2.
help you use the Clinical ... Frailty Scale ( ... Dementia doesn't ... #Frailty #Scale ... #CFS #Tips #Geriatrics
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
workup 1) Clinical ... MRI, iADL scale, ... neuropsychological assessment ... Frontotemporal dementia ... Workup #Diagnosis #Geriatrics
COWS Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale
Score: 
5-12 mild; 13-24 moderate; 25-36 moderately severe; more than 36 =
COWS Clinical Opiate ... Withdrawal Scale ... Opiate #Withdrawal #Scale ... Buprenorphine #Nursing #Assessment
Newborn Assessment - APGAR Score

Assessment of newborn vital signs following labor via a 10-point scale evaluated
Newborn Assessment ... APGAR Score Assessment ... via a 10-point scale ... Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics ... Score #Newborns #Assessment
Kids 4 – 8 Years: Use pain scales with visual cues (Personally I like the OUCHER
Years: Use pain scales ... like the OUCHER Scale ... Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics ... PainScale #VAS #Assessment
Initial assessment and management of coma in pediatric population.

Airway - is it secure? 
Breathing — is
Initial assessment ... or Glasgow Coma Scale ... care unit #Assessment ... #Coma #Pediatrics
SLU Mental Status Examination Tool
What does the SLU Mental Status Exam Test Do?
Q1-Q3: Attention, immediate recall,
extrapolation #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #Dementia #SLUMS ... #Examination #Assessment