Clinical decision rules list

Background

Clinical decision rules are used in the emergency department to improve diagnosis or decrease unneeded clinical testing

Rules

Head Trauma

• Head CT in Trauma (Clinical Decision Rules)
• Pediatric head trauma
  • Study: EBQ:PECARN Pediatric Head CT Rule

Blunt neck trauma/Cervical spine clearance

• NEXUS cervical spine rule
  • Study: EBQ:NEXUS cervical trauma rule
• Canadian cervical spine rule
  • Study: EBQ:Canadian C-spine Rule Study

Thoracic trauma

• NEXUS Chest CT Rule
• Pediatric: EBQ:Validation of a prediction rule for the identification of children with intra-abdominal injuries after blunt torso trauma

PE Rules

• Wells Criteria
  • Study: EBQ:Wells PE Rule Out
• PERC rule
  • Study: EBQ:PERC Rule Validation

Syncope

• San Francisco Syncope Rule

Chest pain/ACS

• ACS - Risk Stratification
• Sgarbossa's criteria
  • Study: EBQ:Sgarbossa Criteria Study

Ottawa Rules

• Ottawa Knee Rules
• Ottawa Ankle Rules
  • Study: EBQ:Ottawa Ankle Rule Study

Necrotizing Fasciitis

• LRINEC Score
  • Study: EBQ:LRINEC Score

References

Authors

Catie Reynolds, Claire, Ross Donaldson