Emergency Medicine Directory In Clinical Medicine

Predict short-term stroke risk after a transient ischemic attack using the ABCD2 score.

Calculate the APACHE II severity of disease score for ICU patients.

Estimate total body surface area burned using the Rule of Nines and Lund-Browder chart.

Assess pneumonia severity and determine inpatient vs outpatient treatment using CURB-65.

Score level of consciousness using the Glasgow Coma Scale (eye, verbal, motor responses).

Calculate the ISS for trauma patients using Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) body region scores.

Score stroke severity using the NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) 15-item assessment.

Determine whether ankle X-rays are necessary using the Ottawa Ankle Rules clinical criteria.

Determine whether knee X-rays are necessary using the Ottawa Knee Rules clinical criteria.

Calculate IV fluid resuscitation volume for burn patients using the Parkland/Baxter formula.

Screen for sepsis outside the ICU using the quick SOFA bedside criteria.

Calculate the Revised Trauma Score from GCS, systolic BP, and respiratory rate.

Evaluate whether a patient meets Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome criteria.

Calculate Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score for sepsis and organ dysfunction.