Table 2 Acuity scoring grid to assess clinical features seen in video clips (as used by McFaul [9])
From: Is perception of quality more important than technical quality in patient video cases?
Score | 0 | 1 | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
Colour | Normal | Pale or Flushed or Mottled | Cyanotic or Ashen |
Response to social overture | Chats or smiles OR “alerts” (< 2months) | Single words or briefly smiles OR “alerts” briefly (< 2months) | No smile. Face anxious OR dull and expressionless or no “alertness” |
State variation | If awake stays awake OR if asleep and stimulated wakes quickly | Eyes close briefly and then awakens OR awakens after prolonged stimulation | Falls asleep when examined OR will not rouse |
Hydration | Skin normal, eyes normal and mucous membranes moist | Skin/eyes normal and mouth slightly dry | Skin doughy or tented and dry mucous membranes and/or sunken eyes |
Respiratory effort | No distress | Some distress eg recession | Laboured with grunt or nasal flare OR marked recession OR absent resps |