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These questions are for existing medcial doctors, medical students, and associates.
What should you be able to answer? What should you be able to elaborate about a medical condtion? Listed in alphabetical order Annotation or Definition Causes Complications Diagnosis Diagnostic tests Disabilities associated with this medical condition Emergencies associated with this medical condition Epidemiology History of this medical condition Medical history relevant to this medical condition Medical emergencies associated with this medical condition Mechanism or pathogenesis Normal values Prevention Relevant anatomy, physiology, or biochemistry Risk factors Research Symptoms and signs Types Treatment or management |
What should you be able to elaborate about a medical condtion?
What causes it? What complications can occur? What are the risk factors? What's normal? How is it diagnosed? What are the symptoms? What are the signs? What are the clinical findings? What are the lab or investigation findings? What human anatomy should one know relevant to this medical condition? What human physiology should one know relevant to this medical condition? What human biochemistry should one know relevant to this medical condition? What human microbiology should one know relevant to this medical condition? How many such cases occur worldwide every year? How has diagnosis and treatment of this medical condition evolved? What medical history should you seek relevant to this issue? What happens in this medical condition? What research is being done on this issue? How can I help? How can you help? How is this medical condition reported? What should happen before reporting this medical condition? What are the types of this medical condition? What is the treatment? What are the workable treatment options? When is counseling required? When is medication required? How long should medication last? What type of medication is available? How could this be prevented? |
1. Annotation or Definition
5. Diagnostic tests 6. Disabilities associated with this medical condition 7. Emergencies associated with this medical condition 8. Epidemiology
12. Mechanism or pathogenesis
14. Prevention
16. Risk factors 17. Research
How can I help? How can you help?
What should happen before reporting this medical condition?
Treat the underlying cause. What is the best setting or location to treat this medical condition? Do on-the-spot treatment as described. Shift to ER or ICU after the on-the-spot treatment. While handling any disease or medical condition, make sure you have answers to these questions. What is it? What causes it? What are the risk factors? What's normal? How is it diagnosed? What are the symptoms? What are the signs? What are the clinical findings? Medical emergencies associated with this medical condition What medical emergencies can occur due to this medical condition? What human anatomy should one know relevant to this medical condition? What should you elaborate about a human organ? What is the gross anatomy of this human organ? What are the attachments of this human organ? What is the arterial, venous supply to this human organ? What is the nerve supply to this human organ? What is the lymphatic supply to this human organ? What are the functions of this human organ? What medical conditions are associated with any problems with this human organ? What human physiology should one know relevant to this medical condition? What human biochemistry should one know relevant to this medical condition? What human microbiology should one know relevant to this medical condition? Is it a medical emergency? Is it a medical disability? Is it a medical condition without a medical emergency or disability? Is it an administrative emergency? There are some questions applicable to specific medical conditions or age. What is the diagnosis and treatment? What physical activity or social activity should not be done while having this medical condition? When can normal physical and social activity be started? What is the ideal weight or height for this medical condition and age? What medicines and foods should not be consumed while having this medical condition? What procedures should not be done in this medical condition? When can this medical condition become a medical emergency? What are the lab or investigation findings? What must a exclude before diagnosing this medical condition? What are the possible complications? How do you manage these complications? What are various symptoms, signs, statements, questions, issues, and histories that should raise suspicion of a medical emergency? What are the workable treatment options? When is counseling required? When is medication required? How long should medication last? What type of medication is available? When is surgical intervention indicated? How could this be prevented? Various diagnostic tests What diagnostic tests are done relevant to this medical condition? Epidemiology What questions should be answered in epidemiology relevant to a medical condition? What was the prevalence of this medical condition worldwide in 2010? How should quality of reported prevalence of this medical condition be enhanced every year worldwide, continent by continent, and state by state? What continent or state reported the greatest number of these cases in 2010? History of this medical condition. When was this medical condition first known to human beings? Who set the criteria for diagnosis of this medical condition? When were the criteria for diagnosis of this medical condition last updated? What are the new recommendations to be included in diagnosis of this medical condition? These questions are for the patient or his/her caretaker. Do you have any health-related problem as of November 23, 2011? Do you have any problem as of November 23, 2011? Is this a new problem or recurrence of a previous problem? Have you taken any medication up to now for this particular medical condition? Questions will remain the same. In certain situations, answers need to be modified. |