Congestive Heart Failure: What You Need to Know. 1  Many disorders can cause congestive heart failure, such as high blood pressure, atherosclerosis, infections, heart valve issues, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmias, anemia and diabetes. 2  Complications include swelling of the legs (edema), kidney problems and fluid in the lungs.
Glasgow Coma Scale. The Glasgow coma scale is used to assess patients in a coma. The initial score correlates with the severity of brain injury and prognosis. The Glasgow Coma Scale provides a score in the range 3-15; patients with scores of 3-8 are usually said to be in a coma. Score for eye opening + score for [â¦]
However, there are two new assessment tools that have been added to the diagnostic criteria: the widespread pain index (WPI) and the symptom severity (SS) scale score. The WPI lists 19 areas of the body in which a person may have had pain in the week prior to the examination. The individual identifies the areas of pain to the doctor and the score is between 0-19. The SS scale score is established as the person ranks specific symptoms associated with FMS on a scale of 0-3: Â· 0 = no problem Â· 1 = slight or mild problems, generally mild or intermittent