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Table 3 MED diagnoses

From: Afterhours telehealth in Australian residential aged care facilities: a mixed methods evaluation

Higher order SNOMED category

Subcategory according to SNOMED

Falls (61/209)

Elderly (38); fall (14); mechanical fall (5); recurrent fall (4)

Injury (33/209)

Head (6); head minor (10); shoulder (1); soft tissue (2); contusion (2); tear skin (1); no apparent injury (11)

Pharmacological assessment (33/209)

Chart meds (28); script (3); chart and script (2)

Pain (14/209)

Chest (4); abdominal (1); shoulder (2) hip (2), migraine (1), lower back (1) post fall (1); knee (1); neck (1)

Urinary (9/209)

Complication of catheter (1); blocked catheter (2); injury urethra (1); UTI (5)

Vomiting (6/209)

Vomiting (3); nausea (1); coffee ground vomit (2)

Infectious disease (5/209)

Sepsis (4); clinical sepsis (1)

Endocrine (4/209)

Hyperglycaemia (1); diabetes mellitus (2); poor glycaemic control (1)

Disorder respiratory System (4/209)

Hypoxia (1); cough (1); lower respiratory tract infection (1); COVID risk assessment /flu (1)

Inflammatory Disorder (4/209)

Cellulitis (3); periapical abscess (1)

Other (36/209)

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