Long case issues Flashcards
Aboriginal health
ADHD
AED interaction
AED
side effects
Ashworth scale
Aspiration
Attachment
Behavioural management
Body image
Bone issues
Bullying
Carer support
Cerebral Palsy
CF management
CHD complications
Chronic illness
Communication
Complementary medications
Compliance
Compliance issues in adolescence
- Establish agreed agenda for consultation
- Establish main difficulties: show respect and empathy
- Say positive thing
- Outline problem: don’t assume patient knowns everything they need to about their condition
- Outline health issues if no change: be honest
- Action plan before next clinic: define roles in management of condition for patient and parents, short term goals
- Extra support: ask they how they would like help
Consider psychological co-morbidities
Think how an MDT might help
Complications CF
Confidentiality
Consent
Constipation
Delayed puberty
Developmental delay
Developmental Delay
Drooling
Drugs affecting bone health
Early intervention
Emergency care plan
End of life care
Early involvement of palliative care
Failure to thrive
Definition: dropped> 2 centiles
Management
- growth curve: monitor growth and growth velocity
- family history
- dietary diary
- in/out balance
- exclude pathological causes: FBC, EUC, LFTs, TFTs, micronutrients, coeliac screen, CF, stool tests, urine culture, metabolic test, endoscopy
- depend on severity: admission for dietary diary
Differential
Decreased intake
- fussy eating/oral aversion/behavioural issues (sensory)
Increased expendicture/output
- diarrhoea, chronic disease
Decreased absorption
- coeliac, IBD