Classification of Disease Flashcards
(16 cards)
Process of classifying disease x4
- Functional
- Biological
- Socioeconomic
- -> overall = a combo
Aetiology
- what
- different ones
- examples
- CAUSE
- Genetic, environmental, combo, unknown
- Pathogen, smoking, unknown
Pathogenesis
- what
- different ones
- How do you make the disease?
- Inflammation, degeneration, carcinogenesis (only a few limited ways)
Other characteristics of disease x4
- Manifestations
- Complications
- Outcome
- Epidemiology
Aim of Koch’s postulates
Establishing cause by having the agent & mechanism –> taking the agent away to get a cure
Define idiopathic
When you don’t know the aetiology
Nomenclature of disease (5 categories)
- Primary vs secondary
- Acute vs chronic presentation
- Benign vs malignant
- Eponymous names (naming a disease after someone else)
- Syndrome vs disease
Define syndrome
A group of features together
Nomenclature of processes (4 categories)
- Disorders of growth
- Inflammation & repair
- Degeneration
- Thrombosis (blood coagulability)
Classification of cancer x2
- Staging –> extent/severity
- TNM staging system (size, if spread, if metastasis)
TNM staging system
- what does it look at x3
- what does it do
- Size of tumour
- If its spread
- If metastasis has occurred
- Classifies cancer
Epidemiology
- what
- measures… x3
- The study of disease in populations
- Incidence
- Prevalence
- Mortality
Define incidence
No. of cases per period of time
Define prevalence
No. of ppl in the population w the condition
What is 4P medicine?
- Personalised
- Predictive
- Participatory
- Preventive
What is 4P medicine trying to achieve?
TO make classification so informative that it tells us what to do with that individual patient
