Curtis and Walker reported 7 scores to grade arrhythmias. Score C is one of several that assigns a single point score. The authors are from St. Thomas’ Hospital London and the University of British Columbia.
Parameters:
(1) number of premature ventricular contractions (PVCs, VPBs)
(2) number of episodes of ventricular tachycardia (VT)
(3) number of episodes of ventricular fibrillation (both spontaneously nonspontaneously converting)
PVCs
VT
VF
Points
0
0
0
0
>=1
0
0
1
NA
1 to 5
0
2
NA
> 5
0
3
NA
NA
1
3
NA
NA
2 to 5
4
NA
NA
> 5
5
where:
• Nonspontaneously converting VF requires some form of intervention to convert.
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