Checklist – Counseling “Explain a bone marrow aspiration”
Introduction Points Introduces and identifies patient 1 Gains consent 1 Explore Checks patients understanding for reason for Bone Marrow Aspiration 2 Check’s patients understanding…
Checklist – Counseling “History of Acute Intermittent Porphyria”
Introduction Points Introduce and check the details 1 Consent 1 Presenting Compliant Elicit intermittent nature of abdominal pain 1 Details on length of suffering…
Clinical Presentation Alzheimer Disease
Learning Objectives: 1. Discuss the differential diagnoses of dementia 2. Identify the clinical manifestations of Alzheimer disease 3. Discuss the diagnosis of Alzheimer disease 4.…
Karnofsky Performance Status Scale Online Calculator
Karnofsky performance status scale determines ability of patient to tolerate chemotherapy. For patients ≥ 16 years old. Useful to use over time to track disease…
Drug Resistance in Pneumonia (DRIP) Score. Online Calculator
The purpose of the DRIP score is to determine when broad-spectrum antibiotics should be used to ensure treatment is effective and to avoid increasing antibiotic…
Calgary-Сambridge guide to the medical interview
This manual was developed by specialists from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Cambridge and the University of Calgary, Canada. It was first…
Chest CT Scan
To analyze a CT scan of the chest, imagine that the patient is lying on his back and you are at the foot of the…
X-ray Heart Borders
According to the radiograph of the chest, the boundaries of the heart are formed: The right border of the heart is the superior vena cava,…
Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST): Online Calculator
Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) predicts the presence of pericardial or intra-abdominal injury after penetrating or blunt trauma. FAST should be used liberally…
MELD Score (Model For End-Stage Liver Disease) (12 and older): Online calculator
MELD Score stratifies severity of end-stage liver disease, for transplant planning. NB! MELD Score can be used in patients ≥12 years old. Values should be…