A clinical score to diagnose viral sore throat: Mistik Score

Joint Event on 3^rd International Conference on General Practice & Primary Care & 24^th International Conference on Dental Public Health & Dental Hygiene

August 16-17, 2018 Madrid, Spain

Selcuk Mistik

Erciyes University, Turkey

Keynote: J Gen Pract

Abstract :

Analysis of data from Sore Throat in Primary Care Project provided a scoring system, called the Mistik Score, to diagnose viral sore throat. The predictive model for positive viral analysis included the following variables: absence of headache, stuffy nose, sneezing, temperature of â?¥37.5°C on physical examination, and the absence of tonsillar exudate and/or swelling. The probability of a positive viral analysis for a score of 5 was 82.1%. Modified Centor Score-Suggestion of use 1. 0 and less score-no need for further test or antibiotics 2. 1-3 score-throat culture or rapid antigen test, antibiotics for positive test 3. 4 and over-empirical antibiotic use Recent Publications 1. Mistik S, GokahmetoÄ?lu S, Balci E and Onuk F A (2015) Sore throat in primary care project: a clinical score to diagnose viral sore throat. Family Practice 32(3):263-268.

Biography :

Selcuk Mistik graduated from Tarsus American College. He became a medical doctor after finishing Hacettepe University Medical School in 1994. He completed his residency in family medicine with the thesis ‘Assessment of nutritional status and its effects on morbidity and mortality in hemodialysis patients’ at Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital in 1999. He started working at Erciyes University as a Medical Faculty in 2001, and was appointed as a full professor of family medicine in 2011. He has many studies published in international journals on various subjects concerning family medicine. He still works on university funded research projects. He has been the member of many scientific societies. He is the head of Department of Family Medicine in Erciyes University Medical Faculty.

E-mail: smistik@erciyes.edu.tr