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18 Cards in this Set
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What is the purpose of clinical scoring systems?
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1. address subjective assessments
2. make more objective 3. facilitate interdisciplinary communication |
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What does GCS stand for?
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glasgow coma scale
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what does GCS assess?
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depth & duration of impaired consciousness/coma
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What 3 categories are used to assess GCS?
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1. eye movement
2. verbal response 3. motor repsonse |
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What 2 factors affect GCS?
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1. eye swelling
2. intubation |
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What does APACHE 2 stand for?
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acute physiology & chronic health evaluation 2
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what does APACHE 2 assess?
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1. severity of disease
2. stratify acutely ill PTs by risk of death --> mortality risk |
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What does SOFA stand for?
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sequential organ failure assessment
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What does SOFA assess?
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1. ICU morbidity
2. TX strategies |
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1. How many organs does SOFA assess?
2. How many levels of dysfx are there? 3. How often is SOFA calc'd? |
1. 6
2. 4 3. daily |
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Which 2 scales correlate well w/ 1 another?
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SOFA & APACHE 2
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What are the 3 sedation scales?
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1. modified Ramsay scale
2. Riker sedation-agitation scale 3. Richmond agitation-sedation scale |
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Which of the 3 sedation scales are used most commonly?
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modified Ramsay scale
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Which sedation scale is the newest & most reliable in ICU PTs?
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Richmond agitation-sedation scale (RASS)
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Which sedation scale is most detailed?
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RASS Richmond
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What does the DVT Risk assessment assess?
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1. risk level of PT
2. TX recommendations |
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Best possible outcome - high/low score:
1. GCS 2. APACHE 2 3. SOFA 4. DVT |
1. high
2. low 3. low 4. low |
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If you have a high DVT risk score, what do you have to do?
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more prophylaxis
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