Category 15

Patient Selection and Clinical Decision-Making

9 topics planned. Each topic is published as a Professional and Patient edition only after explicit author approval.

15.1Establishing the diagnosis
In preparation
1. · Diagnostic certainty
2. · Disease stage
3. · Severity
4. · Prognosis
5. · Reversible causes
6. · Standard-care options
15.2Reviewing treatment history
In preparation
1. · Prior therapies
2. · Treatment adherence
3. · Contraindications
4. · Treatment failures
5. · Rehabilitation
6. · Surgical options
15.3Candidate assessment
In preparation
1. · Age
2. · Comorbidities
3. · Functional status
4. · Immune status
5. · Malignancy history
6. · Infection risk
7. · Coagulation risk
15.4Goals of treatment
In preparation
1. · Symptom control
2. · Functional improvement
3. · Disease modification
4. · Tissue regeneration
5. · Quality of life
6. · Cure claims
15.5Risk-benefit analysis
In preparation
1. · Probability of benefit
2. · Severity of harm
3. · Uncertainty
4. · Alternative treatment
5. · Opportunity cost
6. · Financial toxicity
15.6Shared decision-making
In preparation
1. · Patient values
2. · Family participation
3. · Health literacy
4. · Decision aids
5. · Second opinions
6. · Documentation
15.7Clinical-trial suitability
In preparation
1. · Eligibility
2. · Trial phase
3. · Randomization
4. · Placebo possibility
5. · Travel
6. · Follow-up
7. · Withdrawal
15.8Baseline documentation
In preparation
1. · Symptoms
2. · Physical examination
3. · Laboratory studies
4. · Imaging
5. · Functional assessments
6. · Patient-reported outcomes
15.9Follow-up planning
In preparation
1. · Early safety review
2. · Objective outcome measurement
3. · Rehabilitation
4. · Adverse-event monitoring
5. · Long-term surveillance
6. · Data sharing