Evaluating a Patient Presenting with Respiratory Symptoms Flashcards
1
Q
What is the surgical sieve when try to diagnose patients?
A
- an approach to make a differential diagnosis
- the medic needs to consider various types of pathologies systematically
2
Q
What does VITAMIN CDE mean as a surgical sieve?
A
- V = vascular
- I = infection/inflammation
- T = trauma
- A = autoimmune/acquired
- M = metabolic
- I = iatrogenic/intoxication
- N = neoplasm
- C = congenital
- D = degenerative/drugs
- E = endocrine
3
Q
When greeting a patient and taking a patients history what does the mnemonic I-PEEP mean?
A
- I = introduction
- P = permission
- E = explanation
- E = examination
- P = pain
4
Q
What does iatrogenic mean?
A
- illness/condition caused by medical care
5
Q
When applying VITAMIN CDE to haemoptysis, what are some potential differential diagnoses?
A
- V = pulmonary embolism
- I = TB
- T = lung cancer
- A = vasculitis
- M = obesity/asthma
- I = guided lung biopsy has made symptoms worse
- N = lung cancer
- C = cystic fibrosis
- D = anticoagulation/aspirin
- E = diabetes
6
Q
What is the Wells Score in respiratory disease?
A
- a scoring system to asses probability of pulmonary embolism
