Screening your Patients for Cardiovascular Risk Factors- Retrieve a list of All Your Patients Older Than 30 Who Do Not Have The Diagnosis "Cardiovascular Risk Factor/s" on their problem list. (See
Retrieving a List).
- Go over each of these patients’ files and check for: Smoking Status, BMI,
Phisical Activity, Blood Pressure, Serum Glucose, Total Cholesterol, Ldl-Cholesterol and Hdl-Cholesterol levels.
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Have all these been checked in the past two years? -
Are all the values in the
Normal Ranges?
↓ | ↓ | Yes to both | No to either | ↓ | ↓ | Initiate
Screening Protocol. | ↓ |
One or more Cardiovascular Risk Factors detected? | ↓ | ↓ | Repeat process in 3 years | ← | No | Yes | | | ↓ | - Re-arrange problem list
- Give diagnosis "CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTOR/S"
- Start treatment and monitor
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