Determining The Order In Which To Review The Patient Files: A Demonstration
| Imagine, that you have 12 patients with the diagnosis CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTOR/S in your clinic. You have retrieved a list of their names: | | Patient Name | | | Alfred | | | Barbara | | | Charles | | | David | | | Edward | | | Fay | | | Gerald | | | Howard | | |
Irwin | | | Jason | | | Kathleen | | | Lucas |
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| Now retrieve a list of all your patients that have an ESTABLISHED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease, peripheral artery disease). In your practice these are Alfred, David and Fay. These patients will be the first to be monitored, so assign them the numeral (I): | | Patient Name | >>> | Alfred (I) | | | Barbara | | | Charles | >>> | David (I) | | | Edward | >>> | Fay (I) | | | Gerald | | | Howard | | | Irwin | | | Jason | | | Kathleen | | | Lucas |
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| Next: Retrieve a list of all your patients with the diagnosis DIABETES MELLITUS. In your practice these are David, Fay, Howard and Irwin. David and Fay have already been marked because of an established cardiovascular disease. Howard and Irwin have diabetes but no CVD and will be assigned the numeral
(II): | | Patient Name | | | Alfred
(I) | | | Barbara | | | Charles | >>> | David (I) | | | Edward | >>> | Fay (I) | | | Gerald | >>> | Howard
(II) | >>> | Irwin
(II) | | | Jason | | | Kathleen | | | Lucas |
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| Next: Retrieve a list of all your patients with the diagnosis HYPERTENSION. In your practice these are Charles, Fay, Howard, Jason and Kathleen. Fay and Howard have already been marked. Assign the numeral
(III) to Charles, Jason and Kathleen. | | Patient Name | | | Alfred (I) | | | Barbara | >>> | Charles
(III) | | | David (I) | | | Edward | >>> | Fay (I) | | | Gerald | >>> | Howard
(II) | | | Irwin
(II) | >>> | Jason
(III) | >>> | Kathleen
(III) | | | Lucas |
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| Next: Retrieve a list of all your patients with the diagnosis DYSLIPIDEMIA. In your practice these are Alfred, Barbara, David, Fay, Gerald and Howard. Alfred, David, Fay and Howard have already been marked. Assign the numeral
(IV) to patients Barbara and Gerald. | | Patient Name | >>> | Alfred (I) | >>> | Barbara
(IV) | | | Charles
(III) | >>> | David (I) | | | Edward | >>> | Fay (I) | >>> | Gerald
(IV) | >>> | Howard
(II) | | | Irwin
(II) | | | Jason
(III) | | | Kathleen
(III) | | | Lucas |
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| Next: Retrieve a list of all your patients with the diagnosis SMOKER. In your practice these are Charles, Edward, Howard and Lucas. Charles and Howard have already been marked. Assign the numeral (V) to patients Edward and Lucas. | | Patient Name | | | Alfred (I) | | | Barbara
(IV) | >>> | Charles
(III) | | | David (I) | >>> | Edward (V) | | | Fay (I) | | | Gerald
(IV) | >>> | Howard
(II) | | | Howard
(II) | | | Irwin
(II) | | | Jason
(III) | >>> | Lucas (V) |
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You have just set the order in which the patient files will be reviewed:
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(I) |
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(II) |
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(III) |
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(IV) |
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(V) |
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