Table 4

Swine flu hospital pathway criteria for adults

CriterionN (%) meeting criterionAdmitted N (% of patients meeting criterion)
A (severe respiratory distress)2 (1%)2 (100%)
B (>30 breaths/min)7 (5%)5 (71%)
C (Sao2 <92% on air or O2)11 (8%)10 (91%)
D (respiratory exhaustion)2 (1%)1 (50%)
E (systolic BP <90, diastolic BP <60, capillary refill >2 s)12 (9%)4 (33%)
F (altered consciousness)3 (2%)3 (100%)
G (other clinical concern)3 (2%)2 (66%)
Any category positive28 (21%)16 (57%)
No category positive106 (79%)28 (26%)
  • BP, blood pressure; Sao2, arterial oxygen saturation.