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.

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 ___%.

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 ___.

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.

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.