Primary Care Scores

High-frequency adult + pediatric primary-care scoring instruments. Most link to MDCalc, which renders the score interactively and cites the originating peer-reviewed paper.

Cardiovascular risk

• ASCVD Risk Estimator Plus (ACC) — pooled cohort equation; 10-year and lifetime ASCVD risk for primary prevention decisions.
• PREVENT Risk Calculator (2023 AHA) — newer multi-system risk model; includes kidney + metabolic.
• Framingham Risk Score (MDCalc) — legacy 10-yr CHD risk; pre-pooled cohort.
• Reynolds Risk Score (MDCalc) — alternative cardiovascular risk for women including hsCRP and family history.

Atrial fibrillation

• CHA₂DS₂-VASc (MDCalc) — stroke risk in AF; anticoagulation decision aid.
• HAS-BLED (MDCalc) — bleeding risk on anticoagulation.
• ORBIT Bleeding Risk Score (MDCalc) — alternative AF bleeding risk; outperforms HAS-BLED in some validation studies.

Chest pain & ACS

• HEART Score (MDCalc) — ED chest pain risk; /heart on this site redirects here.
• TIMI Risk Score UA/NSTEMI (MDCalc) — 14-day MACE risk.
• GRACE ACS Risk (MDCalc) — in-hospital and 6-mo mortality after ACS.

VTE / PE

• Wells’ Criteria for PE (MDCalc) — pretest probability for PE.
• PERC Rule for PE (MDCalc) — rule out PE in low-risk patients without D-dimer.
• Wells’ Criteria for DVT (MDCalc) — pretest probability for DVT.
• YEARS Algorithm for PE (MDCalc) — age-adjusted D-dimer.
• Caprini Score (MDCalc) — VTE risk in surgical / hospitalized patients.
• Padua Prediction Score (MDCalc) — VTE risk in medical inpatients.

Pneumonia

• CURB-65 (MDCalc) — CAP severity; outpatient vs admission.
• PSI / PORT Score (MDCalc) — more granular pneumonia severity index.
• SMART-COP (MDCalc) — need for intensive respiratory or vasopressor support.

Hospital medicine

• LACE Index for Readmission (MDCalc) — 30-day readmission risk on discharge.
• HOSPITAL Score (MDCalc) — readmission risk; validated internationally.
• BRADEN Scale for Pressure Ulcer Risk (MDCalc) — pressure injury risk assessment.
• Morse Fall Scale (MDCalc) — inpatient fall risk.

Stroke

• NIH Stroke Scale (MDCalc) — stroke severity; required for tPA decisions.
• ABCD² Score for TIA (MDCalc) — stroke risk after TIA.
• ICH Score (MDCalc) — intracerebral hemorrhage 30-day mortality.
• Hunt & Hess (MDCalc) — subarachnoid hemorrhage grading.

Renal

• CKD-EPI 2021 GFR (race-free, MDCalc) — current standard for eGFR estimation.
• Bedside Schwartz (Pediatric GFR, MDCalc) — pediatric eGFR.
• FENa (MDCalc) — pre-renal vs ATN; use only in oliguric AKI off diuretics.

Sodium & fluids

• Sodium Correction in Hyperglycemia (MDCalc) — Katz formula.
• Free Water Deficit (MDCalc) — hypernatremia correction.
• Maintenance Fluids — Holliday-Segar (MDCalc) — pediatric maintenance fluid rate.

Diabetes

• HbA1c-to-eAG (MDCalc) — converts A1c to estimated average glucose.
• ADA Type 2 Diabetes Risk Test — ADA-hosted diabetes risk screen for adults.
• FINDRISC (Finnish Diabetes Risk Score, MDCalc) — 10-yr T2DM risk; widely used in Europe.

Liver

• MELD-Na (MDCalc) — liver disease severity for transplant priority.
• Child-Pugh (MDCalc) — cirrhosis prognosis.
• FIB-4 Index (MDCalc) — non-invasive fibrosis staging.
• APRI (MDCalc) — alternative non-invasive fibrosis score.

Sepsis / shock / ICU

• SOFA Score (MDCalc) — organ failure scoring.
• qSOFA (MDCalc) — quick screen at the bedside.
• APACHE II (MDCalc) — ICU mortality estimation.
• Shock Index (MDCalc) — HR / SBP; elevated indicates occult shock.

Mental health & substance — see Screening Tools

PHQ-9, GAD-7, EPDS, AUDIT-C, CAGE, CRAFFT, SCOFF, M-CHAT, Vanderbilt, Columbia, BEARS, etc.

Pediatric-specific

• Pediatric Early Warning Score — PEWS (MDCalc) — inpatient deterioration risk.
• Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale (MDCalc) — GCS adapted for pre-verbal children.
• PECARN Pediatric Head Injury Algorithm (MDCalc) — rule out clinically important TBI without CT.
• Step-by-Step Approach to Febrile Infants (MDCalc) — 2017 European Working Group algorithm.
• Westley Croup Score (MDCalc) — croup severity.
• Pediatric Appendicitis Score (MDCalc) — Samuel 2002 J Pediatr Surg.
• Pediatric ETT Size (MDCalc) — cuffed and uncuffed tube size.
• Kawasaki Disease Diagnostic Criteria (MDCalc) — classic vs incomplete Kawasaki.
• BiliTool — Bhutani Hyperbilirubinemia Nomogram — companion to AAP 2022 hyperbilirubinemia CPG; risk-zone calculation.

Sore throat / strep

• Centor / McIsaac Score for Strep Pharyngitis (MDCalc) — pretest probability for GAS.

OB

• Bishop Score (MDCalc) — cervical readiness for induction.
• Apgar Score (MDCalc) — newborn assessment at 1 and 5 minutes.