A comprehensive history-taking is crucial for healthcare professionals, like advanced nurse practitioners, as it helps in understanding the patient's health status, identifying potential risk factors, and guiding further diagnostic and treatment decisions. It often follows a structured approach to ...
What is a red flag
The symptoms of serious disease can be easily overlooked by the non-specialist in both primary and secondary care. Red flags can
thought of as alarm symptoms which might indicate a potentially serious underlying disease. Historically the term flag was o
used in the context of back pain. Nowadays the term 'red flag' has been extended to apply to symptoms, signs and diagnostic tests w
might 'flag' a potentially serious underlying disease such as cancer, myocardial infarction or stroke.
Recognition of red flags is a critical component of the Scottish Referral Guidelines for Suspected Cancer and will facilitate early re
and detection of cancer early and help achieve the goals of Scotland's Beating Cancer: Ambition and Action strategy.
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Reflective activity
What are the common red flags you encounter in your current context of practice?
Jot down a few notes
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Reading activity
Please read the article below. Whilst written from the context of general practice this article has resonance for all contexts of practi
Schroeder K, Chan W-S, Fahey T. Recognizing Red Flags in General Practice. InnovAiT. 2011;4(3):171-176. Available from
https://doi.org/10.1093%2Finnovait%2Finq1430
When reading the article jot down any new learning and from this changes you will make to your own practice.
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Optional further reading
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