Table 2 Reasons for presentation
From: Afterhours telehealth in Australian residential aged care facilities: a mixed methods evaluation
Higher order SNOMED category | Subcategory according to SNOMED |
|---|---|
Falls (95/209) | Elderly (85); mechanical fall (4); unwitnessed fall (2); minor fall (1); recurrent fall (1); falling injury (1); pushed over (1) |
Pain (15/209) | Chest (5); abdominal (5); shoulder, neck, hip, headache, lower back (5) |
Pharmacological assessment (11/209) | Medication review (10) and scripts (1) requested |
Bleeding (8/209) | Haemoptysis (2); haematuria (4) blood in stool (1); rectal bleed (1) |
Vomiting (8/209) | Vomiting (7); nausea (1) |
Urinary (7/209) | Complication of catheter, blocked catheter, urethral discharge, urinary retention, reduced urine volume, dysuria, UTI, |
Endocrine (6/209) | Hypoglycaemia (3); hyperglycaemia (1); diabetes mellitus (2) |
Cardiovascular (5/209) | hypertension (3); hypotension (2) |
Swelling (5/209) | Leg (2), toe, facial, neck |
Fever (4/209) | (nonspecific) |
Other (45/209) | Â |