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91. Anaemia Indices and Discrimination | MEDiscuss CDSS

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    Classifies the anaemia on the WHO thresholds and runs eight red cell discrimination indices side by side, with the reticulocyte production index.

    Clinical decision support 4,081 words
92. HPV Vaccination and Screening | MEDiscuss CDSS

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    Who to vaccinate against HPV, at what age and in how many doses, alongside the screening that still has to happen.

    Clinical decision support 2,264 words
93. Liver Fibrosis: FIB-4 and Elastography | MEDiscuss CDSS

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    FIB-4 and APRI on the blood count, then the elastography report read against the cause, and what follows when the two stages disagree.

    Clinical decision support 7,777 words
94. MAP, Shock Index and Pulse Pressure | MEDiscuss CDSS

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    Mean arterial pressure, pulse pressure and the shock index from one set of vitals, built to find the patient who is compensating.

    Clinical decision support 3,486 words
95. Pregnancy VTE Exclusion Pathway | MEDiscuss CDSS

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    Excluding VTE in pregnancy, where the usual rules do not hold. Uses the pregnancy-adapted YEARS algorithm and the LEFt rule.

    Clinical decision support 1,983 words
96. Tetanus Wound Prophylaxis Pathway | MEDiscuss CDSS

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    Classifies the wound, then decides between Td, Tdap and tetanus immunoglobulin from the immunisation history.

    Clinical decision support 2,679 words
97. Thyrotoxicosis Diagnosis and Titration | MEDiscuss CDSS

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    Reads TSH, FT4, FT3 and the clinical signs to work out the aetiology of the thyrotoxicosis, and titrates the treatment against it.

    Clinical decision support 1,985 words
98. VOCAL-Penn Cirrhosis Surgical Risk Score | MEDiscuss CDSS

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    Predicts 30-day, 90-day and 180-day post-operative mortality, and 90-day hepatic decompensation, for a patient with cirrhosis undergoing one of six categories of non-hepatic surgery.

    Clinical decision support 3,227 words
99. Acute Hypernatraemia Protocol | MEDiscuss CDSS

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    Quantifies the water deficit and sets a replacement that will not outrun it. The correction is held to a rate that does not risk cerebral oedema.

    Clinical decision support 2,048 words
100. Acute Hypocalcaemia Protocol | MEDiscuss CDSS

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     Correct, replace, maintain. What to give for a symptomatic low calcium now, and what to leave the patient on afterwards.

     Clinical decision support 2,484 words