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How to Measure Frailty in Your Patients - Clinical Frailty Scale

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

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

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
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MRI, iADL scale, ... neuropsychological assessment ... atrophy Lewy body dementia ... Frontotemporal dementia ... Workup #Diagnosis #Geriatrics
Rockwood Clinical Frailty Score

There is no single generally accepted clinical definition of frailty. Previously developed tools
Rockwood Clinical Frailty ... definition of frailty ... tools to assess frailty ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #Scale #Score #
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