Table 2 Pre-established list of medical reasons in the SIPILINK e-form for the geriatric specialty
From: Designing and describing an electronic referral system to facilitate direct hospital admissions
Specialty | Reason wording |
|---|---|
Geriatrics | Recurrent falls |
Confusion | |
Loss of autonomy | |
Deteriorated state of health | |
Abnormal weight loss (> 10%) | |
Asthenia | |
Unexplained fever (> 38.2 °C for more than 7 days) Unexplained anaemia (Haemoglobin < 8 g/dL) | |
Other haematological abnormality of the blood count or splenomegaly or gammopathy Persistent unexplained adenopathy Arthralgias or other diffuse bone pain | |
Other reason |