Talks by Graham Walker, MD
Minimizing Diagnostic Error with Free Online Tools
UCSF High Risk Emergency Medicine 2017, Graham Walker, MD
Disclosures
I develop
MDCalc
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HEART Score/Pathyway
MDCalc: HEART Score for Major Cardiac Events
Six AJ, Backus BE, Kelder JC. Chest pain in the emergency room: value of the HEART score. Neth Heart J. 2008 Jun;16(6):191-6. PubMed PMID: 18665203; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2442661.
Mahler SA, Riley RF, Hiestand BC, et al. The HEART Pathway randomized trial: identifying emergency department patients with acute chest pain for early discharge. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015;8(2):195-203.
Poldervaart JM, Reitsma JB, Backus BE, et al. Effect of Using the HEART Score in Patients With Chest Pain in the Emergency Department: A Stepped-Wedge, Cluster Randomized Trial. Ann Intern Med. 2017.
Backus BE, Six AJ, Kelder JC, Bosschaert MA, Mast EG, Mosterd A, Veldkamp RF, Wardeh AJ, Tio R, Braam R, Monnink SH, van Tooren R, Mast TP, van den Akker F, Cramer MJ, Poldervaart JM, Hoes AW, Doevendans PA. A prospective validation of the HEART score for chest pain patients at the emergency department. Int J Cardiol. 2013 Oct 3;168(3):2153-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.01.255. Epub 2013 Mar 7. PubMed PMID: 23465250.
Stroke/Large Vessel Occlusion
MDCalc: NIH Stroke Scale/Score (NIHSS)
MDCalc: Rapid Arterial oCclusion Evaluation (RACE) Scale for Stroke
Pérez de la Ossa N, Carrera D, Gorchs M, et al. Design and validation of a prehospital stroke scale to predict large arterial occlusion: the rapid arterial occlusion evaluation scale. Stroke. 2014;45(1):87-91.
Zaidi SF, Shawver J, Espinosa morales A, et al. Stroke care: initial data from a county-based bypass protocol for patients with acute stroke. J Neurointerv Surg. 2016; Jun 24. pii: neurintsurg-2016-012476. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2016-012476. [Epub ahead of print]
Gout
MDCalc: Acute Gout Diagnosis Rule
Janssens HM, Fransen J, van de Lisdonk EH, van Riel PM, van Weel C, Janssen M. A Diagnostic Rule for Acute Gouty Arthritis in Primary Care Without Joint Fluid Analysis.Arch Intern Med. 2010;170(13):1120-1126. doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2010.196.
Keinhorst LBE, et. al. The validation of a diagnostic rule for gout without joint fluid analysis: a prospective study. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2015 Apr;54(4):609-14. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keu378. Epub 2014 Sep 16.