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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sadaf Sharfaei M.D.[2]

CARDIOLOGY

Topic	Calculators	Purpose
Coronary artery disease	ACTION ICU Score for Intensive Care in NSTEMI	Predicts risk of NSTEMI complications requiring ICU care
MACE	ADAPT Protocol for Cardiac Event Risk	Assesses chest pain patients at 2 hours for risk of cardiac event
DVT	AMUSE score	Evaluates the need to proceed with ultrasonography among patients with suspected DVT
Anticoagulation	ATRIA Bleeding Risk Score	Determines bleeding risk for patients on warfarin
Arrythmia	ATRIA Stroke Risk Score	Determines stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation
Arrythmia/Stroke	Atrial Fibrillation Five Year Risk of Stroke (Framingham Heart Study)	Predicts 5-year risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation
Arrythmia/Stroke	Atrial Fibrillation Five Year Risk of Stroke or Death (Framingham Heart Study)	Predicts 5-year risk of stroke or death in patients with atrial fibrillation
Alcoholism	CAGE Questions for Alcohol Use	Screens for excessive drinking and alcoholism
Syncope	Canadian Syncope Risk Score	Predicts 30-day serious adverse events in patients presenting with syncope
VTE	Caprini score	Stratifies risk of VTE in surgical patients
MACE	Cardiac Risk Index for AAA Surgery (Lee)	Calculates the approximate risk of cardiac complication after AAA surgery
MACE	Cardiac Risk Index for Abdominal Surgery (Lee)	Calculates the approximate risk of cardiac complication after abdominal surgery
MACE	Cardiac Risk Index for Pre-Operative Risk, revised	Estimates risk of cardiac complications after noncardiac surgery
MACE	Cardiovascular Risk Assessment (10-year, PROCAM Score, Munster Heart Study)	Predicts 10-year cardiovascular risk based on risk factors like history of MI, diabetes or high cholesterol
Cardiac arrest	CART (Cardiac Arrest Risk Triage) Score	Predicts risk of in-hospital cardiac arrest
Arrythmia/Stroke	CHA₂DS₂-VASc Score for Atrial Fibrillation Stroke Risk	Calculates stroke risk for patients with atrial fibrillation, possibly better than the CHADS₂ Score
Arrythmia/Stroke	CHADS₂ Score for Atrial Fibrillation Stroke Risk	Estimates stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation
Survival	Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI)	Predicts 10-year survival in patients with multiple comorbidities
Stroke	Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Severity Scale (CP-SSS)	Predicts large vessel occlusion (LVO) and severe stroke in patients with stroke symptoms
Coronary artery disease/Bleeding	CRUSADE Score for Post-MI Bleeding Risk	Stratifies bleeding risk after NSTEMI
VTE	DASH Prediction Score for Recurrent VTE	Predicts likelihood of recurrence of first VTE
Coronary artery disease	Dual Antiplatelet Therapy (DAPT) Score	Predicts which patients will benefit from prolonged DAPT after coronary stent placement
Syncope	EGSYS (Evaluation of Guidelines in SYncope Study) Score for Syncope	Predicts likelihood that syncope is from cardiac cause
VTE	Geneva Risk Score for Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prophylaxis	Predicts need for VTE prophylaxis in admitted patients
PE	Geneva score for PE, original	Determines the pre-test probability of PE based on a patient's risk factors and clinical findings
PE	Geneva score for PE, revised	Objectifies risk of PE, like Wells’ score
PE	Geneva score for PE, simplified	Determines the pre-test probability of PE based on a patient's risk factors and clinical findings
Cardiac arrest/Survival	GO-FAR (Good Outcome Following Attempted Resuscitation) Score	Predicts survival to discharge with good outcome after in-hospital cardiac arrest
Coronary artery disease	Grace Risk Score for All-Cause Mortality From Discharge to 6 Months	Assesses the risk of 6-month mortality among patients with acute coronary syndrome
Coronary artery disease	Grace Risk Score for In-Hospital Mortality	Assesses the risk of in-hospital mortality among patients with acute coronary syndrome
DVT	HAMILTON score	Assesses the pretest probability of DVT among ambulatory outpatients
Bleeding	HAS-BLED Score for Major Bleeding Risk	Estimates risk of major bleeding for patients on anticoagulation to assess risk-benefit in atrial fibrillation care
Coronary artery disease	HEART Pathway for Early Discharge in Acute Chest Pain	Identifies emergency department patients with acute chest pain for early discharge
MACE	HEART Score for Major Cardiac Events	Predicts 6-week risk of major adverse cardiac event
Arrythmia/Bleeding	HEMORR₂HAGES Score for Major Bleeding Risk	Quantifies risk of hemorrhage in elderly patients with AFib
PE	Hestia Criteria for Outpatient Pulmonary Embolism Treatment	Identifies low-risk PE patients safe for outpatient treatment
Bleeding	IMPROVE bleeding risk score	Estimates the probability of major or clinically important in-hospital bleeding from the time of hospital admission up to 14 days following admission
VTE	IMPROVE VTE risk score	Estimates the probability of clinically evident acute venous thromboembolism from the time of hospital admission to discharge
VTE	IMPROVEDD VTE risk score	Estimates the probability of venous thromboembolism from the time of hospital admission up to 77 days
Infective endocarditis/Mortality	Infective Endocarditis (IE) Mortality Risk Score	Predicts mortality at 6 months in patients with infective endocarditis
Coronary artery disease	Marburg Heart Score (MHS)	Rules out coronary artery disease in primary care patients with chest pain
Nephropathy	Mehran Score for Post-PCI Contrast Nephropathy	Predicts risk of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
Syncope/Mortality	OESIL Score for Syncope	Estimates 12-month all-cause mortality in patients presenting with syncope
Heart failure	Ottawa Heart Failure Risk Scale (OHFRS)	Identifies ED patients with heart failure at high risk for serious adverse events
VTE	Padua Prediction Score for Risk of VTE	Determines anticoagulation need in hospitalized patients by risk of VTE
PE	PESI (Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index)	Predicts 30-day outcome of patients with pulmonary embolism using 11 clinical criteria
PE	PESI (Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index), simplified	Predicts 30-day outcome of patients with PE, with fewer criteria than the original PESI
PE/Bleeding	RIETE Score for Risk of Hemorrhage in Pulmonary Embolism Treatment	Determine the risk of major bleeding during anticoagulant therapy
Stroke/Mortality	SOAR Score for Stroke, modified	Predicts short-term mortality in acute ischemic stroke
Coronary artery disease	TIMI Risk Score for STEMI	Estimates mortality in patients with STEMI
Coronary artery disease	TIMI Risk Score for UA/NSTEMI	Estimates mortality for patients with unstable angina and non-ST elevation MI
DVT	Wells score for DVT, modified	Estimates the pre-test probability of DVT
DVT	Wells score for DVT, original	Calculates Wells' Score for risk of DVT
PE	Wells score for Pulmonary Embolism	Objectifies risk of pulmonary embolism
PE	Wells score for pulmonary embolism, modified	Estimates the pre-test probability of PE
PE	Wells score for pulmonary embolism, simplified	Estimates the pre-test probability of PE
Anesthesia	Cardiac Anesthesia Risk Evaluation Score (CARE)	Predicts mortality and morbidity after cardiac surgery
	Duke Activity Status Index (DASI)	Estimates functional capacity
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome	Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome IV (vascular type) Diagnostic Criteria	Diagnoses Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome IV (vascular type)
Coronary artery disease	Emergency Department Assessment of Chest Pain Score (EDACS)	Identifies chest pain patients with low risk of major adverse cardiac event
MACE	EuroSCORE for Cardiac Surgery Risk Assessment	Estimates the mortality among cardiac surgical adult patients
MACE	Framingham 10 Year Coronary Risk Prediction by LDL (1998 paper)	Predicts 10-year risk of coronary heart disease
MACE	Framingham 10 Year Coronary Risk Prediction by Total Cholesterol (1998 paper)	Predicts 10-year risk of coronary heart disease
MACE	Framingham 10 Year Risk of General Cardiovascular Disease (2008 paper)	Predicts 10-year risk of heart disease
Heart failure	Framingham Heart Failure Diagnostic Criteria	Diagnoses heart failure based on major and minor criteria
Heart failure	GWTG-Heart Failure Risk Score	Predicts in-hospital all-cause heart failure mortality
Takayasu arteritis	Indian Takayasu Clinical Activity Score (ITAS2010)	Differentiates between active and inactive disease in Takayasu arteritis (TA)
Bleeding	Intracranial Bleeding Risk from Thrombolytic Therapy of MI	Estimates the risk of intracranial hemorrhage associated with thrombolytic therapy among MI patients
Acute Rheumatic Fever	Jones Criteria for Acute Rheumatic Fever Diagnosis	Diagnoses acute rheumatic fever based on major and minor criteria
Kawasaki Disease	Kawasaki Disease Diagnostic Criteria	Diagnoses Kawasaki Disease
Heart failure	Killip Classification for Heart Failure	Quantifies severity of heart failure in ACS and predicts 30-day mortality
Readmission/Mortality	LACE Index for Readmission	Predicts 30-day readmission or death in patients on medicine and surgery wards
Heart failure/Mortality	MAGGIC Risk for Heart Failure	Estimates 1- and 3- year mortality in heart failure
Metabolic syndrome	Metabolic Syndrome Criteria (AHA/NHLBI 2005)	Assists to diagnose and manage metabolic syndrome
Metabolic syndrome	Metabolic Syndrome Criteria (ATP III)	Diagnoses of metabolic syndrome
Dyspnea	mMRC (Modified Medical Research Council) Dyspnea Scale	Stratifies severity of dyspnea in respiratory diseases, particularly COPD
Mortality	Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) for Clinical Deterioration	Determines the degree of illness of a patient
Chest pain	Newsom Score for Non-traumatic Chest Pain	Rules out need for chest x-ray in chest pain patients (non-traumatic)
Pacer	Pacer Need After Heart Valve Surgery	Predicts the need for permanent pacing after cardiac valve surgery
	Pediatric Early Warning Score (PEWS)	Identifies pediatric patients at risk for clinical deterioration
PE	PERC Rule for Pulmonary Embolism	Rules out PE if no criteria are present and pre-test probability is ≤15%
Operation	PTCA Mortality Prediction	Predicts the risk of major in-hospital complications following percutaneous coronary interventions
Pulmonary arterial hypertension	REVEAL Registry Risk Score for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)	Predicts survival in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension
Stroke	Risk of Paradoxical Embolism (RoPE) Score	Identifies stroke-related PFO in patients with cryptogenic stroke
Imaging	Romhilt-Estes Criteria for Left Ventricular Hypertrophy	Electrocardiographic criteria for the diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy
Syncope	San Francisco Syncope Rule	Defines high-risk criteria for patients with syncope
Coronary artery disease	Sgarbossa's Criteria for MI in Left Bundle Branch Block	Criteria to diagnose acute MI in patients with prior LBBB
Imaging	Stress Test Outcome Risk Factors	Predicts outcome in a community-based population undergoing stress testing
Stroke	tPA Contraindications for Ischemic Stroke	Provides inclusion/exclusion criteria when deciding to use tPA on a patient with acute ischemic stroke
Coronary artery disease	Troponin-only Manchester Acute Coronary Syndromes (T-MACS) Decision Aid	Rules out acute coronary syndrome
Coronary artery disease	Unstable Angina and Tirofiban Benefit Prediction	Predicts adverse outcomes and magnitude of benefit with glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor therapy in patients with unstable angina pectoris
Coronary artery disease	Unstable Angina Risk Stratification (Piombo)	Predicts stratify risk in unstable angina
Coronary artery disease	Unstable Angina Risk Stratification (Solomon)	Identifies patients with unstable angina likeliest to benefit from an invasive versus conservative management strategy

CRITICAL CARE

Topic	Calculators	Purpose
Stroke	Cincinnati stroke scale
	SIRS, Sepsis, and Septic Shock Criteria
	qSOFA (Quick SOFA) Score for Sepsis

GASTROENTEROLOGY

Topic	Calculators	Purpose
Liver disease	MELD Score
Liver disease	Child-Pugh score for cirrhosis mortality
Pancreatitis	Ranson criteria
Pericarditis	Tygerberg score

HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY

Topic	Calculators	Purpose
Myelofibrosis	DIPSS Plus Score
CBC	Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC)

INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Topic	Calculators	Purpose
ENT	Centor Score (Modified/McIsaac) for Strep Pharyngitis

NEPHROLOGY

Topic	Calculators	Purpose
	Creatinine clearance
	Sodium correction for hyperglycemia
	Fractional Excretion of Sodium (FENa)
	Calcium correction for hypoalbuminemia
Fluid	Maintenance fluids calculations

NEUROLOGY

Topic	Calculators	Purpose
Level of consciousness	Glasgow coma scale
Level of consciousness	Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale
Stroke	Cincinnati stroke scale
Stroke	NIH Stroke Scale/Score (NIHSS)

PEDIATRICS

Topic	Calculators	Purpose
Level of consciousness	Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale
Neonatology	Apgar score

PULMONOLOGY

Topic	Calculators	Purpose
Pneumonia	CURB-65
Pneumonia	Pneumonia severity index

ORTHOPEDICS

Topic	Calculators	Purpose
Open Fractures	Mangled Extremity Score	Clinician completed the score to determine which mangled limbs will eventually come to amputation.
Open Fractures	Ganga Hospital Open Injury Score (GHOIS)	Clinician completed the score to help them in decision making regarding salvage in IIIB injuries.
Knee (Anterior Cruciate Ligament)	Modified Cincinnati Rating system
Knee (Anterior Cruciate Ligament)	Tegner Lysholm Knee Scoring Scale
Knee (Anterior Cruciate Ligament)	KOOS (Knee Injury & Osteoarthritis Outcome)
Knee (Osteoarthritis)	Oxford Knee Score
Knee (Osteoarthritis)	KOOS (Knee Injury & Osteoarthritis Outcome)
Knee (Osteoarthritis)	WOMAC Score
Knee (Osteoarthritis)	IKDC
Knee (Osteoarthritis)	Knee Society Score (KSS)
Foot/Ankle	American Foot & Ankle Score
Foot/Ankle	Foot & Ankle Disability Index
Wrist	MAYO Wrist Score
Wrist	DASH (Disabilities of arm, shoulder & hand) Score
Wrist	Quick-DASH Score
Hand	Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire
Hand	DASH (Disabilities of arm, shoulder & hand) Score
Hand	Quick-DASH Score
Lumbar Spine	Oswestry Low Back Pain Score
Lumbar Spine	Modified Oswestry Low Back Pain Score
Lumbar Spine	Back Pain Index
Cervical Spine	Vernon & Mior Cervical Spine Score
Hip	Harris Hip Score
Hip	Oxford Hip Score
Hip	HOOS (Hip disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome)
Hip	WOMAC Score
Shoulder	Constant Shoulder Score
Shoulder	UCLA Shoulder rating scale
Shoulder	Oxford Shoulder Score
Shoulder	American Shoulder And Elbow Surgeons (ASES) Society Score
Shoulder	DASH (Disabilities of arm, shoulder & hand) Score
Shoulder	Quick-DASH Score
Shoulder (Instability)	Rowe Score for Instability
Shoulder (Instability)	Oxford Shoulder Instability Score
Shoulder (Instability)	WOSI (Western Ontario Shoulder Instability Index)
Elbow	MAYO Elbow Score
Elbow	Oxford Elbow Score
Elbow	DASH (Disabilities of arm, shoulder & hand) Score
Elbow	Quick-DASH Score
VAS	VAS Score
Psychological	DRAM (Distress and Risk Assessment Method)