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Abbreviated Beers List of Medications to Avoid in the Elderly

The Beers List, which was updated in
Abbreviated Beers List ... unnecessarily high risk ... be avoided.11 TABLE ... #Geriatrics #Medications ... #Beers #List #Pharmacology
Anticholinergic Cognitive Burden Scale (ACB Scale)
 
Categorical Scoring:
 •	 Possible anticholinergics include those listed with ascore
may increase the risk ... Additionally, each one ... increase in the risk ... #Medications #List ... #Pharmacology #
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Stable patients ... CPAP if they have one ... HgbA1c - if not done ... in last 3 months ... stratification #diagnosis
Numerous drugs taken by elderly persons can affect water balance by direct action on the kidney
on the kidney (Table ... #Diagnosis #Pharmacology ... #Geriatrics #Hyponatremia ... #DrugInduced #List
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
List of Zoonotic ... recurrentis (louse-borne ... #differential #diagnosis ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #table #list
List of Zoonotic Diseases

Armadillos - Sporothrix schenckii (sporotrichosis), Mycobacterium leprae (leprosy)
Bamboo rats - Talaromyces marneffei (formerly
List of Zoonotic ... recurrentis (louse-borne ... #differential #diagnosis ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #table #list
Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (NIPS)

For infants less than one year of age, the Neonatal Infant Pain
infants less than one ... to detect pain (Table ... moderate pain; non-pharmacologic ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #PainScale
Supportive & Palliative Care Indicators Tool (SPICT)

The SPICT is used to help identify people whose health
loss over the last ... indicators of one ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics ... #SPICT #Tool #Risk