Scoring Systems

Key points

• Cardiovascular: CHA₂DS₂-VASc (need to anticoagulate in AF) · NYHA (heart failure severity) · Wells score (DVT risk estimate).
• CURB-65 assesses prognosis/mortality risk in community-acquired pneumonia — a higher score means higher in-hospital mortality.
• Neurology/psychiatry: ABCD2 (TIA risk stratification) · MMSE (cognition) · HAD · PHQ-9 · GAD-7 · Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Score · SCOFF (eating disorders).
• Alcohol tools: AUDIT · CAGE · FAST (FAST is also the stroke-symptom mnemonic).
• Others: Child-Pugh (cirrhosis severity) · DAS28 (RA activity) · Epworth (suspected OSA) · IPSS & Gleason (prostate) · APGAR (newborn) · Bishop (induction of labour) · Waterlow (pressure sores) · FRAX (10-year osteoporotic fracture risk) · Ranson (pancreatitis) · MUST (malnutrition).