Sections View Full Chapter Figures Tables Videos Annotate Full Chapter Figures Tables Videos Supplementary Content ++ Appendix 1 Dermatome chart Graphic Jump LocationView Full Size||Download Slide (.ppt) ++Table Graphic Jump LocationAppendix 2MINI-MENTAL STATE EXAMINATIONView Table||Download (.pdf) Appendix 2 MINI-MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION Score ORIENTATION (max. score 10) What is the year, month, day, date and season? /5 Where are we now? Street no, road, suburb, city, state. /5 REGISTRATION (max. score 3) Ask patient to remember 3 items that you name. /3 Name 3 objects (e.g. orange, camel, table). Repeat 5 times or until all learned and ask to recall them after each time. Only score on first attempt (one mark each). ATTENTION AND CALCULATION (max. score 5) Ask pt. to count backwards by several 7s from 100. /5 (Stop after 5 times) OR spell ‘WORLD’ backwards. RECALL (max. score 3) Ask pt. to recall the 3 objects above. 1pt/word recalled. /3 LANGUAGE (max. score 3) Show two objects (point to watch then pen). What’s this? /2 Ask to repeat ‘NO IFS, ANDS or BUTS’ /1 THREE STAGE COMMAND (max. score 3) Give pt. a blank sheet of paper and say ‘take this paper in your right hand, fold it in half, and put it on the floor’. /3 READING (max. score 1) On a blank piece of paper write ‘CLOSE YOUR EYES’. /1 Ask pt. to read it and do what it says. Score 1 if obeys. WRITING (max. score 1) Ask pt. to write a complete sentence. Score 1 point if it has a noun and a verb. /1 COPYING (max. score = 1) Draw intersecting pentagons and ask pt. to copy the drawing. 1 point if all 10 angles present and the two figures intersect. /1 Total /30 GUIDE: 18-24 (probable mild dementia); 10-17 (probable moderate impairment); <10 (severe impairment). ++ Appendix 3 Snellen visual acuity chart (read from distance 140 cm) Graphic Jump LocationView Full Size||Download Slide (.ppt) ++Table Graphic Jump LocationAppendix 4School exclusion for childhood infectious diseases: minimum exclusion periods from school, preschool and childcare centresView Table||Download (.pdf) Appendix 4 School exclusion for childhood infectious diseases: minimum exclusion periods from school, preschool and childcare centres Incubation period (days) Patient exclusion (least time from onset of rash or symptoms) (days) Measles 10–14 5 Mononucleosis 30–50 Nil Mumps 14–21 9 Pertussis 7–14 5 (after starting antibiotics) Parvovirus (erythema infectiosum) 4–21 Nil Roseola infantum 7–17 Nil Rubella 14–21 5 Scarlet fever 1–7 24 hours (after starting antibiotics) Impetigo 1–3 Until treatment commenced (cover sores) Meningococcus 1–10 Until clearance therapy complete Varicella and zoster 10–21 7 Herpes simplex (cold sores) 7–10 Until healed Hepatitis A 15–45 7 or recovery B 40–180 Nil C 14–180 Nil Infective diarrhoea Varies 24 hours after cessation of diarrhoea Hand, foot and mouth disease 3–6 Nil (best when blister healed) Molluscum contagiosum 14–42 Nil Head lice 5–7 Nil if on treatment Ringworm 7–14 Nil if on treatment Scabies 14–42 Nil if on treatment +... Your Access profile is currently affiliated with [InstitutionA] and is in the process of switching affiliations to [InstitutionB]. Please select how you would like to proceed. Keep the current affiliation with [InstitutionA] and continue with the Access profile sign in process Switch affiliation to [InstitutionB] and continue with the Access profile sign in process Get Free Access Through Your Institution Learn how to see if your library subscribes to McGraw Hill Medical products. Subscribe: Institutional or Individual Sign In Error: Incorrect UserName or Password Username Error: Please enter User Name Password Error: Please enter Password Sign in Forgot Password? Forgot Username? Download the Access App: iOS | Android Sign in via OpenAthens Sign in via Shibboleth You already have access! Please proceed to your institution's subscription. Create a free profile for additional features.