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61. 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
62. 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
63. 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
64. Autoantibody Interpretation Guide | MEDiscuss CDSS

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    Takes the positive results of an ANA screen, the ANA profile and the extended myositis, scleroderma, RA, ANCA, antiphospholipid, liver, kidney, skin, ganglioside and neuronal panels, and gives the significance of each antibody and each combination with its sensitivity, specificity and disease associations, and the infections and drugs that can produce them.

    Clinical decision support 7,625 words
65. Glucocorticoid Equivalence Calculator | MEDiscuss CDSS

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    Calculate equivalent doses between systemic corticosteroids, and flags where the mineralocorticoid cover or the half-life will not match.

    Clinical decision support 1,986 words
66. Individualised HbA1c Target | MEDiscuss CDSS

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    Sets an individualised HbA1c target from the type of diabetes, age, duration, treatment, hypoglycaemia risk, health status, comorbidity and complications, explains why, draws it against the normal range, and prints the NICE, ACP, KDIGO and Indian figures where they differ.

    Clinical decision support 4,417 words
67. Light's Criteria for Pleural Fluid | MEDiscuss CDSS

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    Applies Light's criteria to the pleural fluid report to separate an exudate from a transudate, with the serum-pleural albumin gradient alongside.

    Clinical decision support 2,185 words
68. Needlestick and Occupational PEP | MEDiscuss CDSS

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    One pathway for a needlestick or other occupational exposure, covering HIV, HBV and HCV prophylaxis together. Follows NACO and CDC guidance.

    Clinical decision support 2,282 words
69. Organophosphorus (OP) Poisoning Pathway | MEDiscuss CDSS

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    The Peradeniya score, atropine titrated to effect, and a renally adjusted oxime for organophosphorus poisoning.

    Clinical decision support 2,401 words
70. Pathogen-Directed Antimicrobial Guide | MEDiscuss CDSS

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    Directed therapy once the culture has named the organism, chosen by organism, body site and resistance phenotype together.

    Clinical decision support 3,065 words