Diagnostic criteria medical students should learn

[1nycdoc8]

---

Members don't see this ad.

Hey everyone! I was wondering if you guys could share diagnostic criteria that you think medical students should know in our third and fourth years.

Examples would be Well's or Modified Well's for PE/DVT, GOLD criteria for COPD, etc .etc.

Thanks!!!

 

[Smurfette]

Likely to be asked on a rotation:

Ranson criteria for pancreatitis (not for diagnosis, but for survival and severity...used in both surgery and IM)
Duke criteria for endocarditis
ARDS diagnosis criteria

 

[Droopy Snoopy]

Hey everyone! I was wondering if you guys could share diagnostic criteria that you think medical students should know in our third and fourth years.

Examples would be Well's or Modified Well's for PE/DVT, GOLD criteria for COPD, etc .etc.

Thanks!!!

Also extremely high-yield (if not exactly criteria): MELD score for cirrhosis, CHAD2 for A-fib, CURB65 for pneumonia, TIMI for ACS.

 

[BigRedBeta]

SIRS Criteria and its use for Sepsis and Septic Shock (surgery, peds, IM)

EPR3 Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Asthma (useful for Peds and IM)

SIGMECAPS for depression symptoms (psych, IM, peds)

 

[FutureInternist]

CKD staging
Childs-Pugh for cirrhosis
ABCD2 for TIA

 

[AgentRaiden]

SIGMECAPS for depression symptoms (psych, IM, peds)

Anything more that comes to mind for psych?

 

[BigRedBeta]

Anything more that comes to mind for psych?

DIG FAST for Manic phase of Bipolar.

 

[1nycdoc8]

Anything more that comes to mind for psych?

CAGE for alcoholism probably. Psych is my next rotation can't wait i hear it's a vacay.

I had a guy with pleural effusion today so Light's criteria for transudate vs. exudate came up!

 

[ZagDoc]

Have a little moleskin book I used throughout third year full of these things but I seem to have misplaced it. Bummer. A few others (not all Dx crieteria but useful nonetheless):

Conn's Syndrome: HTN + HypoK+ + Metabolic Alkalosis

Causes of Urinary Incontinence (DIAPERS):
Delirium
Infection
Atrophic urethritis/vaginitis
Pharm/Psych
Excessive Uop (CHF, hyperglycemia, hyperCa+)
Restricted Mobility
Stool impaction

Dx criteria for Pna (need 3 of 4):
Leukocytosis
Fever
(+) CXR
(+) Sputum Cx

SIRS/Sepsis/Septic Shock from the ACCP/SCCM Consensus Conference