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Diagnostic Tools HOME PAGE- Top Tabs

Click this link for the complete Diagnostic Tools list on the BEST website.

list ot he Most Popular Diagnostic Tools

General

• Alcohol Units
• Bristol Stool score
• Diabetes Diagnosis- WHO Criteria *
• Diabetes - HbA1c targets in Type 2 Diabetes in Adults *
• Children and Young People with Suspected Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes *
• Height -Weight conversion Adults / BMIchart
• Height-weight conversion Children
• NEWS -National Early warning Score -needs new ones *
• Paeds: Traffic Light System/ vital signs normal range -PEWS *
• Screening guide - Adults and children / Bowel Cancer Screening / Antenatal & Newborn * ( page 4 very helpful)
• SYB Commissioning for Outcomes  (clinical thresholds)

Biochem/Haematology

• Blood transfusion thresholds
• Hypercalcaemia / Hyperkalaemia
• Hypocalcaemia / Hypokalaemia / Hyponatraemia

Neuro/Mental Health

• 6CIT- dementia screening tool 

ENT/Respiratory

• Asthma Adult Control test *
• COPD CATest *
• CENTOR Score
• Well's Criteria for PE Pulmonary Embolism

Cardiovascular

• Familial Hypercholesterolaemia- Simon Broome Criteria/ referral criteria
• Heart Failure pathway
• Hypertension diagnosis and treatment
• Well's Criteria for DVT

Gastro

• Abnormal LFT Barnsley

Renal/Urology

• Acute Kidney Injury AKI
• CKD Algorithm
• IPSS /LUTS pathway

Derm/MSK/Rheumatology

• Autoantibody test interpretation *
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME *
• Dermatology Quality of Life Index DQLI
• FRAX Score
• Giant Cell Arteritis/Temporal Arteritis Pathway *
• Polymyalgia Rheumatica Pathway *
• SKIN lesion recognition table 1/ table 2 / lesion terminology

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