Calculators & Clinical Decision Rules (CDRs)

Atrial Fibrillation

• CHA₂DS₂-VASc Score for Stroke Prediction in AF
  • Note the 2018 Australian AF Guidelines recommended using the “sexless CHA₂DS₂-VASc” score (dropping the “Sc”  i.e CHA₂DS₂-VA score)
• HAS-BLED Score for Major Bleeding Prediction in AF

Cervical Spine Injury

• Canadian C Spine Rule
  • MD Calc
  • Image flow chart
• NEXUS Rule

ECG Rules & Calculators

• Modified Sgarbossa Criteria in LBBB
• Anterior STEMI v Benign Early Repolarisation (Stephen Smith rule)
  • Original article
• HEART Score for Predicting Major Cardiac Events

Head injury

• Diagnostic Imaging Pathway that incorporates Canadian CT Head Rule
• Glasgow Coma Score

Paeds Calculators

• Paediatric Resus Tools (Children’s Health Queensland)
  • Intubation & Drug Guides & Flowcharts
• Perth Children’s Hospital Calculators
  • Resus Drugs Calculator
    • Based on weight or age
  • Antibiotic Dose Calculator
  • Fluid calculator
• Neonatal Drugs – Resuscitation & Infusion Calculator [NETS WA] – under NETS Resources

Pulmonary Embolism (PE)

• PERC Rule for exclusion of low risk patients from testing
• Wells Score for predicting PE risk and testing
• Simplified PESI (sPESI) score for predicting patients diagnosed with PE suitable for outpatient management

Sepsis

• qSOFA (Quick SOFA) score for predicting sepsis mortality (specific but insensitive tool)