Natural history template

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Charmaine Patel, M.D. [2]

Introduction

• • The page name should be "(Disease name) natural history, complications and prognosis", with only the first letter of the title capitalized.
• Goal:To provide information on the natural progression of the disease without treatment, complications that occur as a result of the disease and its treatment, and the anticipated and actual outcomes of treatment.
• As with all microchapter pages liking to the main page, at the top of the edit box put {{CMG}}, your name template, and the microchapter navigation template you created at the beginning.
• Remember to create links within Wikidoc by placing [[square brackets]] around key words which you want to link to other pages. For more information on how to create links click here.
• Remember to follow the same format and capitalization of letters as outlined in the template below.
• Remember this is not the section to put the history of the disease itself. This would be detailed in the historical perspective section.
• Remember this is not the section to put the history of the patient. This would be detailed in the diagnosis section, under history.
• You should include the name of the disease in the first sentence of every subsection.

Overview

• The overview section should include the disease name in the first sentence.
• The goal is to summarize the entire page in several sentences. This section can be the same as the natural history, complications and prognosis segment on the overview page.
• To see an example, click here.
• Here are a few template sentence you can use: "(Disease name), without treatment, progresses to eventually cause _____ and ____. (Disease name) can be complicated by the development of ____. The prognosis of (disease name) is poor/ good. (Disease name) is associated with a 1/5/10 year mortality of ___%.

Natural History

• The natural history of disease details how the disease progresses without treatment.
• Here are a few template sentences you can use: "The symptoms of (disease name) usually develop in the first/ second/ third decade of life, and start with symptoms such as ___. The symptoms of (disease name) typically develop ___ years after exposure to ___. Without treatment, the patient will develop symptoms of ___, which will/ may eventually lead to ___.

Complications

• Using lists can be helpful for describing this section.
• You can use these template sentences;
  • "Complications that can develop as a result of (disease name) are ___ (describe in list form)".
  • "Complications that can develop as a result of the treatment of (disease name) are ___ (describe in list form).
• For an example of the complications section in a natural history, complications and prognosis page, click here.

Prognosis

• This section should detail the prognosis of the disease, both treated and untreated.
• Here are some template sentences; "The prognosis of (disease name) is poor/good with treatment. Without treatment, (disease name) will result in ___. (Disease name) is associated with a 1/5/10 year mortality of __. The presence of ___ is associated with a particularly poor prognosis among patients with (disease name).
• For an example of a prognosis section within a natural history, complications and prognosis page, click here.