Classification of disease

Question 1

What is used to describe the characteristics of disease?

Answer 1

aetiology 
pathogenesis 
manifestations 
complications 
outcome 
epidemiology

Question 2

What are the 4 main classifications of disease?

Answer 2

functional
biological
socioeconomic and health
systems

Question 3

What are the different nomenclatures of disease?

Answer 3

primary vs. secondary
acute vs. chronic
benign vs. malignant
syndrome vs. disease

Question 4

What is TNM staging?

Answer 4

T = extent of tumour 
N = spread to nearby lymph nodes 
M = distant metastasis

Question 5

What is 4P medicine?

Answer 5

personalised
predictive
participatory
preventative

Question 6

What are Koch’s Postulates?

Answer 6

1. microorganisms must be observed in every case of disease
2. it must be isolated and grown in pure culture
3. the pure culture must reproduce the disease
4. microorganism must be recovered from the diseased animal