Block 32 H&S Flashcards
RF for UGIB?
- NSAIDs
- AC
- alcohol abuse
- chronic liver or kidney diease
- age
- prev PUD or H pylori infection
Role of the GP in prevention of an UGIB?
- Lifestyle advice on alcohol consumption
- management of liver and kidney disease
- patient education on NSAIDs - reducing use
effects of a stoma on body image?
- altered body image due to the alteration to physical appearance
- due to treatment, change or loss of bowel function as well as rstrictions to lifestyle and daily activities
changes in physical appearance can affect a patient’s?
- Change in physical appearance may affect patients’ self-esteem and make them feel less attractive, leading to feelings of insecurity, lack of confidence and loss of control.
- This in turn can be a threat to existing relationships and/or friendships.
when someone falls ill, they are more likely to become aware of?
- When someone falls ill he/she is more likely to become aware of the body and its loss of function.
- If illness also involves an alteration in body image, there is an increased likelihood that psychological disturbances will occur
people with stomas who are experiencing problems are more likely to withdraw from?
- People with stomas who are experiencing problems are more likely to withdraw from social interactions as they feel more vulnerable - withdrawing may be used to safeguard against potential negative interactions with others
stomas can cause fear of?
- fear of unexpected loss of faeces and consequent odour reslts in patients curtailing physical and sexual activities as a means of avoiding shame and embarassment
- fear of being found out
Gluten is found in?
- Gluten is found in wheat, barley, rye, and triticale
rationale for a gluten free diet?
- essential for managing celiac disease
- in celiac disease, gluten triggers the IS which causes damage to the lining of the small intestine -> overtime prevents absorption of nutrients from food
- wheat allergy
- gluten ataxia
foods to avoid for a gluten free diet?
- Wheat
- Barley
- Rye
- Triticale — a cross between wheat and rye
- Oats, in some cases
eating gluten free at home and in restaurants?
- storing gluten free and gluten containing foods in separate places
- using separate toasters to avoid cross contamination
- read menus ahead of time to make sure gluten free options are available
What sort of psychological difficulties does a change in physical appearance cause to a
patient?
- body image
- stress - from trying to conceal the changes and fear of being ‘found out’
- anxiety about relationships with others and negative evaluations about physical attractiveness
- avoidance of social situations to ‘conceal’ changes
body image =
a person’s thoughts, feelings and perception of the aesthetics or sexual attractiveness of their own body.
Acceptable elimination behaviour is acquired at an early age. How may a patient process a voluntary loss of excretory behaviour?
- may cause them to feel vastly different from their peers - feelings of rejection and socal isolation
- loss of control
- self stigma - may internalize a public stigma
sexual dysfunction in women following surgery which leads to the creation of a stoma?
- The most common sexual dysfunction reported by women with stomas is dyspareunia (painful intercourse)
- Pelvic surgery also results in the drying of the vagina’s natural lubrication
sexual dysfunction in men following stoma surgery?
- For male stoma patients, surgery may result in damage to the nerves that control ejaculation and erection, and cause altered sexual function.
- Sexual dysfunction may also take the form of retrograde ejaculation - bladder neck doesn’t close properly so semen enters the bladder instead of exiting via the urethra or dry orgasms
Which three related components according to Price (1990) are required to make up a
satisfactory body image?
- body reality
- body ideal
- body presentation
Price’s body image model?
- these 3 exist in a state of balance which together make up a satisfactory body image that humans strive to maintain
- Therefore it may be presumed that alterations to body reality, for example, as a result of surgery or disease, will lead to tension between body reality and body ideal.
price’s body image model - people may attempt to reduce this tension by?
altering the body presentation to compensate for deficiency in body reality
Sight mneumonic for managing potentially infectious diarrhoea?
S Suspect that a case may be infective where there is no clear alternative cause for diarrhoea.
sIght mnemonic
I Isolate the patient and consult the infection team (IPT) while determining the cause of the
diarrhoea.
siGht?
G Gloves and aprons must be used for all contacts with the patient and the environment.
sigHt?
H Hand washing with soap and water should be carried out before and after each contact with
sighT?
T Test the stool for toxin (Clostridium difficile) or viral studies for Norovirus, by sending a specimen immediately.
Infective diarrhoea - samples?
- stool specimen
- Clinical details aid the laboratory staff in forming a diagnosis. It is vital to include details of recent antibiotics or if suspecting a viral outbreak.
ppts with unexpected diarhoea and vomiting should be…
isolated with dedicated en-suite bathroom facilities and a clinical hand wash basin.
C diff infection
ppts who are at high risk
- recent broad spectrum antibiotics,
- previous CDI infection,
- recent exposure to CDI must take priority for a single room.
What conditions may warrant a closure of the ward - infective diarrhoea?
- Ward closure may be necessary if the numbers of affected patients exceeds isolation or cohortingfacilities or if the client group is unable to comply with isolation.
What are some needs of a patient which must be considered before moving them to another ward/department?
- need to have their hygeine needs met
- have clean clothing
- are transferred to a bed with clean linin
- trolley should be decontanimated after use
Discuss the measures that should be employed for effective hand hygiene in the case of an outbreak.
- hands need to be washed with soap and water at the start and end of clinical duties, when hands are visibly soiled or potentially contaminated, following removal of gloves, before and after any clinical interaction with patients and upon leaving an isolation room or cohort area.
- alcohol gel must not be used to decontaminate hands when caring for patients w D +/- V
disease prevention - hugs?
Techniques like direct incentives, such as vouchers in return for healthy behaviour
disese prevention - shoves?
while the tougher measures that restrict choice, like restricting takeaways from schools,
disease prevention - smacks?
Bans, such as the restriction on smoking in public places,
disease prevention - individual?
- smoking cessation
- promoting weight loss - healthy eating e.g. producing guides like the eat well guide
- increasing exercise e.g. cough to 5K
disease prevention - population?
- laws preventing tobacco use - e.g. age restrictions and banning indoor smoking
- campaigns to increase physical activity
- improve diet - e.g. rules on what can be served for school dinners
MDT members?
- surgeons
- clinicians
- nurses
- diagnosticians
cancer MDT?
- each week the MDT meets to discuss individual patients cases and make treatment recommendations
- they review test results and make treatment reommendations based on the best evidence available
MDT is considered the ? for cancer management?
- MDT working is considered the gold standard for cancer patient management bringing continuity of care and reducing variation in access to treatment
- this improves outcomes for patients
emotional impacts of a cancer diagnosis?
- anger
- despair
- fear
- hopelessness
- anxiety, depression
psychological impacts of a cancer diagnosis?
- stress
- body image
social impact of a cancer diagnosis?
- impact on family, relationships, work and school - financial issues from lack of work
spiritual impacts of a cancer diagnosis?
- meaning of life
- suffering
- pain
impacts of cancer treatment on the patient?
- physically weak after treatment and tired - impact on relationships
- dependency on others
- anxiety about the treatment itself and anticipated side effects
cancer treatment - anxiety and stress about?
possible cancer reoccurance
cancer treatment - physical exhaustion from?
attending hospital appointments
socio-cultural influence in response to diagnosis and treatment?
- culture impacts whether people even seek help in the first place, which types of help they seek
- and how much stigma is attached to the condition
- culture also impacts which treatments are deemed acceptable - for example a Muslim patient may refuse treatments such as heparin
Zolas help seeking model?
Zola found that?
- Zola found that people’s responses to symptoms were contingent upon their cultural values / beliefs concerning heath
- Accordingly, the decision to seek professional medical help was either promoted or delayed by social factors
what are Zolas triggers?
- inter-personal crisis
- perceived interference with work activities
- perceived interference with social/ lesiure activities
- sanctioning by others who insist help be sought
- symptoms perisst beyond the time limit set by the person
modifiable risk factors for breast cancer?
- alcohol
- obesity
- contraceptive pill
- HRT
non-modifiable RF for BC?
- Age
- Ionising radiation
- dense breast tissue
- diabetes
- FHx and BRCA mutations
- benign breast disease
- early menarche (before 12)
- late menopause (after 55)
- high testosterone or IGF-1 levels
- ethnicity: white
- previous cancer
Top 5 most common cancers?
- breast
- prostate
- lung
- bowel
- melanoma
incidence =
number of new cases of the disease in a defined population over a defined period of time
incidence equation?
number of new cases/ number of disease free people
prevalence =
the proportion of people with a disease at any point (point prevalence) or period (period prevalence) in time
what does prevalence measure?
measures burden of disease in a population and can be used to compare disease burden between populations
cancers with the highest mortality:
- lung
- bowel
- breast
- prostate
-pancreatic
BC trend globally?
- over the last decase the rates have increasedin females and remained stable in men
- rates projected to rise - could be upto 70,000 new cases in the UK every year
5 year survival of breast cancer?
85%
percentage of breast cancer occur in men?
1%
screening is defined as?
- systemic application of a test to identify indviduals at sufficient risk of a specific disorder to warrant further investigation of direct pretentive action, amongst people who haven’t sought medical attention on account of symptoms of that disorder
primary prevention =
stops the exposure in the first place
secondary prevention is between?
- secondary prevention: between onset of disease and onset of symptoms, can we detect the onset and do something about it
- non clinically apparent disease is found
when is tertiary prevention?
- tertiary prevention: between symptoms and cure/control/disability/death - can we impact the outcomes
there are 4 criteria for a screening programme to be valid: epidemiology?
the condition you are testing fro must be severe and its epidemiology and pathophys must be fully understood
screening programme - criteria - detectable?
there needs to be a detectable evdience between association of risk and disease
SP criteria - ? period?
latent period before onset of symptom s
SP criteria - primary prevention?
cost effective primary prevention should have been implemented
SP - test?
- the test must be simple, safe, precise and acceptable to perform
- needs to gave an agreed diagnostic value and policy on further managemebnt
SP - treatment for the condition must be?
- effective and more beneficial if given earlier
- must be a treatable condition
SP - evidence?
- programme needs to have evidence from RCT trials that it works in reducing morbidity and mortality
- benefit should outweight any physical or psychological harm from the test
SP - needs to be a balance between?
opportunity cost and health care spending
when do the different types of prevention occur?
- primary in the pre-clinical phase
- tertiarty prevention in the clinical phase
- secondary prevention in between
female pregnancy screening?
- NHS fetal anomaly screening programme (FASP) - sonograms
- NHS infectious diseases in pregnancy screening (IDPS) programme - group B strep, HIV
NHS SCT screening at?
8-10 weeks
cervical screening?
- 25 to 64 yrs
- looks for HPV and damaged cells onset - pap smear
NHS Breast screening programme?
aged 50-70
male screening programme?
- NHS abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) programme (age 65)
Newborn screening programmes?
- NHS newborn and infant physical examination (NIPE) screening programme
- NHS newborn blood spot (NBS) screening programme
- NHS newborn hearing screening programme (NHSP) - getting babies to turn their head towards the sound
diabetic eye screening?
- NHS diabetic eye screening (DES) programme (age 12 but only for people with diabetes)
- impacts of diabetes on the eyes
bowel cancer screening?
- 56 yrs - 74 yrs
Point of screening?
- Screening gives the potential for early treatment and better outcomes
- In some cases, screening can prevent the onset of disease through preventative treatment (e.g. removal of abnormal cells
- People may not have any symptoms (asymptomatic)
the condition being screened for has to be?
- Significant health problem
- The condition needs to understood with a detectable risk factor
criteria for screening - test?
should be a simple, safe, precise and validated screening test
sensitivity?
- Proportion of individuals with condition that test positive
specificity?
- Proportion of individuals without condition that test negative
PPV?
- Proportion of individuals with a positive test that actually have disease
NPV?
- Proportion of individuals with a negative test that actually do not have disease
Positive LR?
- How much more likely is a positive test from someone with the condition compared without the condition?
Negative LR?
- How much more likely is a negative test from someone without the condition compared with the condition?
screening criteria - treatment?
- There should be an effective treatment with evidence of early treatment leading to better outcomes
- have to be able to do something after a positive result
- must be evidence that intervening early is beneficial
screening criteria - programme?
- acceptable to the public - good uptake required
- The benefit from the programme should outweigh the harm
- The opportunity cost of the programme should be economically balanced in relation to health care spending
screening criteria - must be a plan for?
- There must be a plan for quality assurance and adequate staffing and facilities
what is lead time bias?
- Earlier diagnosis – transient increase in incidence
- w/o screening, the person seeks help when there are clinical mainfestations
- w screening, earlier diagnosis can make it appear that there’s a longer survival rate but no actual improvement - lead time bias
lead time bias simply extends?
- the time between diagnosis and death (if the death is from an unrelated cause)
- Artificial improvement in ‘survival’
what is length time bias?
- Screening more likely to identify slower developing cases as opposed to acutely presenting cases - espec w diseases that have a long pre-clinical period
- less likely to find a disease w an acute onset - tends to be more aggressive tumours
length time bias reflects the fact that the sample of people being screened are ?
- sample of ppl in the screening programme who are pre-destined to live longer due to slower growing tumour
quality assurance?
- If screening is to do more good than harm then QA is essential
- Best to build in QA before a screening programme begins otherwise it could lead to harmful practice
overdiagnosis from screening?
- Screen-detected cancers are either:
- Non-growing
- Growing very slowly
- Cancers not expected to cause medical problems in lifetime
inequalities from screening?
- Highest risk people are least likely to access screening (Inverse Care Law) - selection bias
People less likely to engage with screening?
- Low socio-economic status/living in deprivation
- Ethnic minority groups/migrants
- Transgender
- Disabilities
Barriers to screening?
- fear, psychological
- cultural barriers - stigma
- putting things off
- language barriers
- don’t have any symptoms
- misconceptions - only men get bowel cancer
- diff of doing test
- lack of awareness
- psychological
overdiagnosis -
- diagnosis of “disease” that will never cause symptoms or death during a patient’s lifetime
- side effect of screening for early forms of disease
PPV equation
True positive/ All test positives
NPV =
True negative / all test negatives
What increases with prevalence?
PPV
what decreases when prevalence increases?
- NPV decreases with increasing prevalence
decreasing prevalence causes?
- PPV decreases as there will now be more false positives for every true positive
- NPV increases - more true negatives for every false negatuve
which figures are independent of prevalence?
specificity and sensitivity
sensitive is the % that …
Sensitivityis the percentage of true positives (e.g. 90% sensitivity = 90% of people whohavethe target disease will test positive).
SNOUT?
A sensitive test helps rule out a disease when the test is negative. Highly SeNsitive = SNOUT = rule out.
Specifity is the %?
Specificityis the percentage of true negatives (e.g. 90% specificity = 90% of people whodo not havethe target disease will test negative).
SPIN?
Aspecifictesthelpsrule a disease inwhenpositive. HighlySPecific =SPIN = rule in.
NHS BSP invites all women from the ages?
- The NHS Breast Screening Programme invites all women from the age of 50 to 70 registered with a GP for screening every 3 years
- after 70, women can still be screened every 3 years but won’t be automatically invited
NHS BSP - women with increased risk can be screened before?
50
breast screening is also offered to?
trans men and some non-binary people
Describe the factors that are associated with delayed presentation of breast symptoms in primary care.
- lack of knowledge surrounding breast symptoms
- embarassement and shyness
- nature of the lump - painless
- fear - partner abandomnent, cancer treatment
- denial
Which women are invited to breast cancer screening?
women aged 50 upto their 71st birthday
What happens at the breast screening session?
- mamogram taken of the breast
- X ray machine will then be tiled to one side and the process will be repeated on the side of the breast
- other breast X rayed in the same way
what is the triple assessment?
- physical examination
- scanning - mammogram or ultrasound
- if necessary a biopsy
mammogram vs US?
- Mammogram: X ray of the breasts. Over 35
- under 35: US
Why do under 35s need an US?
- bc younger women have denser breasts meaning a mammogram is not as effective at detecting cancer
- US may also be used if needed to decide whether a lump is solid or requires liquid
- of sceeening - false negative?
- false negative -> false reassurance
- of screening - false positive?
- false positive -> unecessarily worried and may have tests or treatments that they don’t need
- overtreatment -> strain on NHS
- of screening -health risks?
- health risks e.g. exposure to radiation
- of screening - abn result?
- an abnormal result can result in a treatment, while the abnormality would have disappeared spontaneously or never resulted in complaints.
primary prevention?
- purpose of primary prevention is to prevent a disease from ever occurring.
- Thus, its target population is healthy individuals.
- e.g. immunizations
secondary prevention =
- emphasises early disease detection
- target is healthy-appearing individuals with subclinical forms of disease
- e.g. screening
tertiary prevention targets both ?
- Tertiary prevention targets both the clinical and outcome stages of a disease.
- It is implemented in symptomatic patients and aims to reduce the severity of the disease as well as any associated sequela
secondary vs teritary prevention ?
- While secondary prevention seeks to prevent the onset of illness, tertiary prevention aims to reduce the effects of the disease once established in an individual.
- Forms of tertiary prevention are commonly rehabilitation efforts.
FHx in BC risk?
- Having a mother, sister or daughter(first degree relative) diagnosed with breast cancer approximately doubles the risk of breast cancer.
- This risk is higher when more close relatives have breast cancer, or if a relative developed breast cancerunder the age of50.
prevention in those at high risk of BC?
- prophylactic mastectomy
- medications - taken once a day for 5yrs
mastectomy?
- surgery to remove the breasts
- removes as much breast tissue as possible
- breast reconstruction is possible during the procedure or after or breast prostheses can be used
alternative to mastectomy?
- nipple sparing masectomy is the alternative - nipple-sparing mastectomy, where the whole mammary gland is removed, but the skin of the breast is preserved
medicines used to prevent BC - tamoxifen?
for women who either have or have not been through the menopause
meds used to prevent BC - anastrazole?
for women who have been through the menopause
meds to prevent BC - raloxidene?
for women who have been through the menopause
What are the genes identified in breast cancer risk?
- BRCA 1
- BRCA 2
- ATM
- PALB2
- TP53
If a patient has the BRAC1 gene, what is the chance they will develop breast cancer?
defect in the BRCA1 gene causes a 65% risk
definition of screening?
Screening is the process of identifying apparently healthy people who may have an increased chance of a disease or condition.
Wilson criteria of a screening programme - the condition?
- common or severe disease - is an important health problem
- has a latent stage that can be detected
- long pre-clinical duration
Wilson criteria for screening - the test?
- simple, safe, precise and validated
- isn’t harmful or is an acceptable ;eve; of harm - e.g. benefits > harms
- agreed pathway following positive test
willson criteria for screening - cut off
Distribution of test values well known & suitable cut of
wilson criteria for screening - treatment?
- intervention is effective and leads to better outcomes
- cost effectie
when the screening cut off is too high?
- all the people you identify are more likely to have disease, but you will inevitably miss some (low false negative rate
- i.e. LOW SENSITIVITY but HIGH
SPECIFICITY)
screening - programme?
- RCT evidence showing programme effective in reducing morbidity
- benefit > harm
When the screening cut off is too low?
- end up identifying too many people needing unnecessary further
- investigations (too many false positives i.e. HIGH SENSITIVITY but LOW SPECIFICITY
Advantages of screening?
- better ppt outcomes
- better survival
- lees need for radical therapy
- reassurance for negatve results
Disadvantages of screening?
- Longer morbidity if prognosis is unaltered – over-diagnosis
- Cost of resources
- false reassurance for false negatives
- unnecessary investigations for false positives - over treatment
screening - overdiagnosis?
occurs when the screen detects cancers that are either non growing or so slowly growing that they would never cause medical problems
selection w screening?
- Well-educated individuals tend to worry and comply with screening programmes better = individuals often healthier & will therefore have better outcome
why is PSA screening not done?
- high prev of clinically unapparent disease
- many false positives for PSA
- Current active monitoring is similar to treating = no benefit to screening
AAA screening?
- all men 65+
- uses US
Components of antenatal screening?
- foetal abn
- maternal pre-existing issues
- maternal obstetric complications
Benefits of antenatal screening?
- gives women more choice abt raising children w Down’s
- allows time to prepare if wanting to continue w pregnancy
- reassurance for those who are low risk
risks of antenatal screening?
- . Only a SCREENING TEST hence a negative result does not guarantee child won’t have Down’s i.e. false positives and also false negatives
- Risk of diagnostic testing
NHS cervical screening invites?
- 25 to 64 yrs olds
CC: 25-59 are invited every ? years
3
CC: 50-64 are invited every?
5 yrs
who is invited annually for CC?
HIV+
exceptions to CC?
- symptoms -> urgent referral
- virgins -.> low risk HPV
Bowel cancer screening?
- 60-74, men and women
- FIT test
how often does bowel cancr ecreening occur?
every 2 yearss
abn FIT test ->
colnscopy