Name | Victoria Bennett |
DOB | 28/08/1984 (31 years) |
Occupation | Gardener |
History | I have noticed that I have become increasingly yellow over the last few days. I am quite worried I may have cancer because I can't think of any other reason my skin could have changed colour. Over the last year I have had increasing fatigue, mild itchiness and I have lost my appetite. I have not noticed any changes to my urine or stool nor noticed any other symptoms |
Past Medical History | Graves disease since the age of 20 |
Drug History | Carbimazole. No known allergies |
Family History | Father has psoriasis |
Social History | Non-smoker. Do not drink alcohol. Recent travel to Ireland. Sexually active with long term male partner, no other sexual partners |
Introduces yourself | 0 | 1 | |
Confirms name, age & occupation of patient | 0 | 1 | |
Explains reason for consultation & builds rapport | 0 | 1 | |
Gains consent | 0 | 1 | |
Asks open question | 0 | 1 | |
Establishes duration and trigger (if present) | 0 | 1 | |
Establishes evolution (onset to now) | 0 | 1 | |
Establishes time course (worsening, continuous, intermittent in Gilbert's syndrome) | 0 | 1 | |
Identifies red flags: painless jaundice, weight loss, loss of appetite | 0 | 1 | |
Asks for any recent illness, fever or any family members/contacts with similar symptoms | 0 | 1 | |
Asks for gallstone/obstructive symptoms: abdominal pain, pale stool, dark urine, pruritus, steatorrhoea | 0 | 1 | |
Asks for liver symptoms: abdominal or ankle swelling, easy bruising, confusion, sleep-night reversal | 0 | 1 | |
Asks for associated features: joint pain, lethargy, skin hyperpigmentation | 0 | 1 | |
Identifies risk factors for viral hepatitis (intravenous drug user particularly needle sharing, blood transfusions outside the UK, tattoos, piercing, needle stick injuries) | 0 | 1 | |
Takes brief sexual history signposting before doing this | 0 | 1 | |
If female asks if pregnant (HELLP, obstetric cholestasis) | 0 | 1 | |
Elicits past medical history (specifically asking for previous jaundice, diabetes, haemolytic anaemia, inflammatory bowel disease, heart failure, autoimmune disorders) | 0 | 1 | |
Elicits family history (specifically asking for viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis, liver cancer) | 0 | 1 | |
Elicits drug history (specifically hepatitis B and C immunisation, antibiotics, tuberculosis medication, antiepileptics, herbal medication) | 0 | 1 | |
Asks for any foreign travel and consumption of raw food | 0 | 1 | |
Checks for allergies | 0 | 1 | |
Checks if patient smokes or drinks | 0 | 1 | |
Asks if any history of illicit drug use | 0 | 1 | |
Explores and responds to ideas | 0 | 1 | |
Explores and responds to concerns | 0 | 1 | |
Explores and responds to expectations | 0 | 1 | |
Shows empathy | 0 | 1 | |
Avoids jargon | 0 | 1 | |
Summarises back to patient | 0 | 1 | |
Thanks patient | 0 | 1 | |
Patient global score | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Gives reasonable differential diagnosis (Autoimmune Hepatitis, Hepatitis B, Pancreatic Cancer) | 0 | 1 |
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