Inclusion criteria
| Condition | Inclusion criteria |
| AAA | Patients undergoing endovascular repair of ruptured AAA33 34 Patients undergoing repair of ruptured AAA35–42 Patients undergoing repair of ruptured infrarenal AAA43 |
| ACS or potential ACS | Patients with potential ACS44–49 Patients with ACS50–68 Patients with AMI59–65 Patients with NSTEMI69 70 Patients with STEMI57 71–74 Patients aged >65 with STEMI75 Patients thrombolysed for STEMI76 Patients undergoing PCI for STEMI77 Patients admitted to inpatient telemetry75 76 Patients admitted to CCU with NSTEMI78 Patients admitted to ICU with AMI79 Patients with chest pain after cocaine use80 Patients being transported by helicopter with potential ACS81 |
| Asthma/COPD | Patients with asthma82–84 Patients admitted with COPD85 Patients admitted to critical care with COPD/asthma86 |
| GI bleeding | ED patients with GI bleed87 Inpatients with upper GI bleed88–91 Inpatients undergoing OGD91–93 Inpatients undergoing OGD for non-variceal bleed92 Inpatients undergoing OGD for peptic ulcer93 Inpatients undergoing OGD for peptic ulcer with age>60, shock, comorbidities or Hb<1094 Inpatients with lower GI bleed95 |
| Heart failure | Patients with acute pulmonary oedema96 Inpatients with heart failure97–99 |
| Hypothermia | Patients admitted with core temperature <35100 |
| Meningitis | Patients with bacterial meningitis101 102 |
| Myxoedema | Patients with myxoedema coma103 |
| Pancreatitis | Inpatients104–117 Inpatients with ‘severe’ pancreatitis118 HIV +ve inpatients119 |
| Pneumonia (non-hospital-acquired) | Patients in primary care with CAP >65 years120 Nursing home patients with pneumonia121 Patients in primary care and ED122 123 ED patients124–134 Inpatients124–141 Inpatients including those with TB142 Inpatients aged >60 years143 Inpatients excluding those from nursing homes144 Inpatients with pneumococcal pneumonia145 Inpatients with MRSA pneumonia146 Inpatients with PSI category V pneumonia147 Immunosuppressed inpatients148 |
| Poisoning | Inpatients with organophosphate poisoning149 150 |
| Pulmonary embolism | Patients with a discharge diagnosis of PE151 ED patients with non-massive PE152 Patients with PE diagnosed by CT153 Patients undergoing CT for?PE151 |
| Sepsis/infection | ED patients having a blood culture taken154 ED patients with infection155 ED patients meeting SIRS criteria156–159 ED patients with severe sepsis/septic shock160 Inpatients with first episode infective endocarditis161 Inpatients with necrotising soft tissue infection162 Patients with pyogenic liver abscess163 164 Inpatients meeting criteria for early goal-directed therapy165 Patients admitted to ICU via ED with sepsis166 |
| Surgical | Patients undergoing damage control surgery167 Patients undergoing emergency or urgent surgery168 Patients undergoing emergency surgery for peptic ulcer169 Patients undergoing emergency surgery for colorectal cancer170 171 Patients undergoing surgery for colonic perforation172 173 Patients undergoing surgery for complications of diverticulosis174 175 Patients undergoing surgery for peritonitis176 Inpatients with peritonitis secondary to hollow viscus perforation177 178 |
| Syncope | ED patients with syncope179–181 ED patients with syncope or near syncope182 183 |
| TIA | Primary care184 ED patients184–187 Inpatients188 |
| Unselected | ED patients189 190 ED patients aged >65 years191 ED patients with a non-surgical condition192 193 ED patients seen in resuscitation area194 195 Patients on MAU196–199 Patients on MAU/SAU200 Patients admitted to critical care from the ED201 202 Patients admitted to critical care from the ED with shock203 |
AAA: abdominal aortic aneurysm; ACS: acute coronary syndrome; AMI: acute myocardial infarction; CAP: community-acquired pneumonia; CCU: coronary care unit; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ED: emergency department; GI: gastrointestinal; ICU: intensive care unit; MAU: medical assessment unit; MRSA: methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus; NSTEMI: non-ST elevation myocardial infarction; OGD: oesophagogastroduodenoscopy; PCI: primary coronary intervention; PE: pulmonary embolism; PSI: pulmonary severity index; SAU: surgical assessment unit; SIRS: systemic inflammatory response syndrome; STEMI: ST elevation myocardial infarction; TB: tuberculosis.