'baby blues' | [•Postpartum care•] |
'growing pains' | [•Child with sore joints•] |
1-hydroxylase expressing haematological malignancies | [•Hypercalcaemia and back pain•] |
Campylobacter | [•Diarrhoea•] |
Giardia
Clostridioides difficile | [•Diarrhoea•] |
H. pylori infection | [•Chronic upper abdominal symptoms•] |
Haemophilus influenzae | [•Fever and headache•] |
Haemophilus/Actinobacillus/Cardiobacterium/Eikenella/Kingella (HACEK) | [•Fever and a new murmur•] |
Listeria monocytogenes | [•Fever and headache•] |
Mycobacterium tuberculosis | [•Fever and headache•] |
N. meningitidis | [•Fever and headache•] |
S. pneumoniae | [•Fever and headache•] |
Salmonella | [•Diarrhoea•] |
Shigella | [•Diarrhoea•] |
abdominal aortic aneurysm | [•Adult with abdominal mass•], [•Acutely painful limb•] |
abdominal hernias | [•Bowel obstruction•] |
abdominal migraine | [•Chronic abdominal pain in children and adolescents•] |
abdominal/pelvic metastases | [•Adult with abdominal mass•] |
abnormal fetal heart rate pattern in labour | [•Labour•] |
abnormal fetal presentation (breech, cord) | [•Labour•] |
abortion | [•Pregnancy diagnosis•] |
abscess | [•Musculoskeletal lump•], [•Space occupying lesion / progressive unilateral weakness•] |
absence seizures | [•Epilepsy / seizure•] |
abuse | [•Falls and collapses•] |
accidental ingestion in young child | [•Overdose in a child or adolescent•] |
accidental trauma | [•Superficial injuries•] |
accommodative esotropia | [•Infant or child with strabismus•] |
achalasia | [•Acute chest pain•], [•Dysphagia•] |
Achilles tendonitis | [•Deep vein thrombosis•] |
achondroplasia | [•Family with a genetic disorder•] |
acne vulgaris | [•Pimples and rash on the face•] |
acoustic neuroma | [•Hearing loss•], [•Dizziness and vertigo•] |
acquired myopathies (Cushing's syndrome, hyperthyroidism, cancer, hypo/hypercalcaemia) | [•Neuromuscular disease / generalised muscle weakness•] |
acromegaly | [•Painful hands in the cold•] |
acromioclavicular joint problems | [•Regional limb pain•] |
actinic keratosis | [•Skin tumours•] |
acute angle closure glaucoma | [•Pupil abnormality•] |
acute appendicitis | [•Acute abdominal pain in children and adolescents•], [•Acute abdominal pain•], [•Infant with vomiting and diarrhoea•] |
acute asthma | [•Food allergy in paediatrics•] |
acute cholecystitis | [•Late pregnancy complications•] |
acute closed angle glaucoma | [•Acute or chronic red eye•] |
acute coronary syndrome (STEMI, NSTEMI and unstable angina) | [•Acute chest pain•], [•Agitated and combative patient•], [•Heart failure•] |
acute coronary syndrome (STEMI, NSTEMI, cardiac arrhythmias and unstable angina) | [•Postoperative complications•] |
acute cranial nerve III palsy with pupil involvement | [•Pupil abnormality•] |
acute eye trauma | [•Acute trauma to the eye•] |
acute hepatitis virus A-E | [•Chronic liver disease•] |
acute hydrocephalus | [•Altered level of consciousness in an adult•] |
acute infectious illness such as urinary tract infection | [•Irritable infant•] |
acute infective exacerbation (including COVID and other respiratory viruses) | [•Chronic shortness of breath•] |
acute infective exacerbations (including COVID and other respiratory viruses, bronchiectasis | [•Pneumonia•] |
acute intermittent porphyria | [•Major depressive episode•] |
acute interstitial nephritis | [•Acute kidney injury•] |
acute kidney injury | [•Acute presentation of diabetes mellitus•], [•Heart failure•] |
acute liver disease of pregnancy | [•Late pregnancy complications•] |
acute lymphoblastic leukaemia | [•Pancytopenia•] |
acute mesenteric insufficiency | [•Acute abdominal pain•] |
acute myeloid leukaemia | [•Pancytopenia•] |
acute otitis media | [•Irritable infant•], [•Hearing loss•], [•Glue ear•], [•Febrile infant•] |
acute psychosis | [•Space occupying lesion / progressive unilateral weakness•] |
acute respiratory distress syndrome | [•Anxiety disorder•] |
acute stress disorder | [•Anxiety disorder•] |
acute tubular necrosis | [•Acute kidney injury•] |
acute urinary retention | [•Postoperative complications•] |
acute viral polyarthritis (hepatitis, parvovirus B19, rubella) | [•Swollen and tender joints•] |
addiction factitious disorder | [•Medically unexplained physical symptoms•] |
Addison's disease | [•Unexplained loss of consciousness•], [•Bipolar affective disorder•], [•Adrenal crisis•], [•Type 1 diabetes mellitus•], [•Acute psychosis•], [•Agitated and combative patient•], [•Major depressive episode•] |
adenocarcinoma | [•Abnormal cervical smear result•] |
adenocarcinoma in situ | [•Abnormal cervical smear result•] |
adenomyosis | [•Heavy menstrual periods•] |
adenoviral conjunctivitis/herpes simplex virus | [•Child with red swelling around one eye•] |
adhesions | [•Bowel obstruction•] |
adjustment disorder | [•Major depressive episode•] |
adjustment disorder with anxious features | [•Anxiety disorder•] |
adrenal insufficiency | [•Hyponatraemia•], [•Hypercalcaemia and back pain•] |
adrenoleukodystrophy | [•Adrenal crisis•] |
adult respiratory distress syndrome (non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema) | [•Heart failure•] |
advanced chronic open angle glaucoma | [•Gradual deterioration in visual acuity over time•] |
age-related macular degeneration | [•Gradual deterioration in visual acuity over time•] |
agoraphobia | [•Anxiety disorder•] |
airway management failure | [•Preoperative assessment and management•] |
airway trauma | [•Preoperative assessment and management•] |
alcohol | [•Menopause•] |
alcohol abuse/dependence | [•Haemochromatosis•], [•Alcohol•], [•Accidental overdose•], [•Secondary hypertension•], [•Type 1 diabetes mellitus•], [•Alcohol and drug dependence disorders•], [•Personality disorder•] |
alcohol and other hypnosedative abuse/dependence | [•Major depressive episode•] |
alcohol intoxication | [•Dizziness and vertigo•] |
alcohol withdrawal | [•Epilepsy / seizure•], [•Delirium / dementia•] |
alcohol-related psychosis | [•Anxiety disorder•], [•Acute psychosis•] |
alcohol/drug abuse | [•Dementia / disturbance of memory / cognitive function•] |
alcoholic hallucinosis | [•Alcohol and drug dependence disorders•] |
alcoholic liver disease | [•Alcohol•], [•Chronic liver disease•] |
allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis | [•Chronic sputum production•] |
allergic conjunctivitis | [•Infant with an altered light reflex and watery eye•] |
allergic contact dermatitis | [•Adult eczema•] |
allergic reaction | [•Skin and soft tissue infection•], [•Child with generalised swelling•], [•Child with red swelling around one eye•] |
allergic rhinitis | [•Epistaxis•], [•Upper respiratory tract symptoms•] |
alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency | [•Chronic liver disease•], [•Chronic shortness of breath•] |
Alport syndrome | [•Chronic kidney disease / asymptomatic worsening renal function•] |
altitude sickness | [•Polycythaemia•] |
Alzheimer's disease | [•Delirium / dementia•], [•Dementia / disturbance of memory / cognitive function•] |
amiodarone induced thyroiditis | [•Hyperthyroidism•] |
amiodarone use,iodine deficiency | [•Hypothyroidism•] |
amoebic colitis or liver abscess | [•Febrile returning traveller•] |
amphetamine abuse | [•Alcohol and drug dependence disorders•] |
amphetamine overdose | [•Self-harm•] |
amyloidosis | [•Patient with jaundice•], [•Adrenal crisis•], [•Lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly•], [•Heart failure•], [•Chronic kidney disease / asymptomatic worsening renal function•] |
anaemia | [•Unexplained loss of consciousness•] |
anaemia of chronic disease | [•Infant or child with pallor•], [•Anaemia•] |
anaemia of chronic renal disease | [•Infant or child with pallor•] |
anal fissure | [•Perianal pathology•], [•Rectal bleeding•] |
anal prolapse | [•Perianal pathology•] |
anal squamous cell carcinoma | [•Perianal pathology•] |
anal trauma | [•Perianal pathology•] |
analgesic nephropathy | [•Chronic kidney disease / asymptomatic worsening renal function•] |
anaphylaxis | [•Facial swelling and itchy rash•], [•Neonatal stridor•], [•Compromised airway•], [•Preoperative assessment and management•], [•Upper airway disease•], [•Child with generalised swelling•], [•Anxiety disorder•] |
anaphylaxis/laryngeal oedema | [•Sudden onset shortness of breath•] |
anastomotic leak | [•Postoperative complications•] |
aneurysm | [•Space occupying lesion / progressive unilateral weakness•] |
angina | [•Stable angina•] |
angiodysplasia | [•Upper gastrointestinal bleeding•], [•Rectal bleeding•] |
angioedema | [•Facial swelling and itchy rash•], [•Compromised airway•], [•Upper airway disease•], [•Child with generalised swelling•] |
animal bites | [•Superficial injuries•], [•Hand injury•] |
ankylosing spondylitis | [•Inflammatory low back pain•], [•Non-specific back pain•], [•Reactive arthritis•] |
anorexia nervosa | [•Amenorrhoea•], [•Eating disorders•], [•Anxiety disorder•], [•Personality disorder•], [•Major depressive episode•] |
anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture | [•Knee injury•] |
anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (arteritic (giant cell arteritis) and non-arteritic) | [•Sudden painless loss of vision•] |
anterior shoulder dislocation / instability | [•Dislocated joint•] |
anterior uveitis (iritis) | [•Acute or chronic red eye•] |
anterior uveitis/posterior synechiae | [•Pupil abnormality•] |
anticoagulant use | [•Epistaxis•] |
anticoagulant-induced | [•Rectal bleeding•] |
antineutrophil cytoplasm antibody (ANCA) vasculitis | [•Acute kidney injury•] |
antiphospholipid syndrome | [•Deep vein thrombosis•] |
antiplatelet medication use | [•Epistaxis•] |
antisocial personality disorder | [•Personality disorder•] |
antithrombin defiency | [•Deep vein thrombosis•] |
anxiety | [•Menopause•] |
anxiety disorder | [•Chronic bowel motility problems•], [•Bipolar affective disorder•], [•Alcohol and drug dependence disorders•], [•Personality disorder•], [•Disruptive behaviour disorder•] |
anxiety/depression | [•Chronic abdominal pain in children and adolescents•], [•Child or adolescent with a headache•] |
anxiety/hyperventilation | [•Sudden onset shortness of breath•] |
aortic aneurysm | [•AAA screening•] |
aortic arch dilatation | [•Dysphagia•] |
aortic dissection | [•Out of hospital cardiac arrest•], [•Acute chest pain•], [•Acute abdominal pain•] |
aortic regurgitation | [•Valvular heart disease•] |
aortic sclerosis | [•Valvular heart disease•] |
aortic stenosis | [•Valvular heart disease•], [•Arrhythmias•], [•Stable angina•] |
aplasia | [•Congenital hearing loss•] |
aplastic anaemia | [•Pancytopenia•], [•Anaemia•] |
apnoea of prematurity | [•Late pregnancy complications•] |
appendicitis | [•Late pregnancy complications•] |
arbovirus diseases | [•Neuromuscular disease / generalised muscle weakness•] |
Argyll Robertson pupil in syphilis | [•Pupil abnormality•] |
arsenic poisoning | [•Neuromuscular disease / generalised muscle weakness•] |
arterio-venous malformation | [•Gross haematuria•] |
asbestosis | [•Worsening shortness of breath•] |
ascites | [•Adult with abdominal mass•] |
Asherman syndrome | [•Amenorrhoea•], [•Infertility•] |
aspiration and lung abcess | [•Haemoptysis and abnormal chest X-ray•] |
aspiration of foreign body | [•Child with respiratory distress•] |
aspiration pneumonia | [•Preoperative assessment and management•], [•Pneumonia•] |
aspirin overdose | [•Self-harm•], [•Acute presentation of diabetes mellitus•] |
assault | [•Superficial injuries•] |
asteototic eczema | [•Rest home resident with itching and rash•] |
asthma | [•Pre-admission and surgical risk assessment•], [•Sudden onset shortness of breath•], [•Child with respiratory distress•], [•Chronic shortness of breath•], [•Intimate Partner Violence•] |
asystole | [•Out of hospital cardiac arrest•] |
atelectasis | [•Pre-admission and surgical risk assessment•] |
atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis | [•Secondary hypertension•] |
atopic eczema (dermatitis) | [•Itching child•], [•Child with red swelling around one eye•] |
atrial fibrillation | [•Arrhythmias•] |
atrial myxoma | [•Fever and a new murmur•] |
atrial natiuretic peptide-secreting tumours | [•Hyponatraemia•] |
atrial septal defect: ostium primum | [•Valvular heart disease•] |
atrophic vaginitis | [•Postmenopausal bleeding•] |
attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity (ADHD) | [•Bipolar affective disorder•], [•Disruptive behaviour disorder•] |
atypical antipsychotic overdose | [•Self-harm•] |
atypical glandular cells | [•Abnormal cervical smear result•] |
atypical squamous cells | [•Abnormal cervical smear result•] |
auricular haematoma | [•Head trauma•] |
autistic spectrum disorder | [•Before school check•] |
autoimmune adrenitis | [•Adrenal crisis•] |
autoimmune disease e.g. SLE | [•Facial swelling and itchy rash•] |
autoimmune hepatitis | [•Chronic liver disease•] |
autoimmune polyglandular syndrome types 1 and 2 | [•Adrenal crisis•] |
autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease | [•Secondary hypertension•], [•Gross haematuria•] |
AV nodal re-entrant tachycardia | [•Arrhythmias•] |
AV reentrant tachycardia | [•Arrhythmias•] |
avascular necrosis | [•Hip fracture•] |
avoidant personality disorder | [•Personality disorder•] |
axillary artery / nerve injury | [•Dislocated joint•] |
azoospermia | [•Infertility•] |
bacterial conjunctivitis | [•Infant with an altered light reflex and watery eye•] |
bacterial endocarditis (Staphylococcus aureus, Viridans streptococci, Enterococcus faecalis) | [•Fever and a new murmur•] |
bacterial infection | [•Infant with jaundice•] |
bacterial meningitis | [•Fever and headache•], [•Upper respiratory tract symptoms•] |
bacterial pneumonia | [•Febrile infant•] |
Baker's popliteal cyst | [•Knee pain•] |
Barrett's oesophagus | [•Dysphagia•] |
basal cell carcinoma | [•Skin tumours•] |
base of skull fracture | [•Head trauma•] |
behavioural problems (enuresis, tantrums, antisocial behaviours, shyness) | [•Before school check•] |
Behçet’s disease | [•Bipolar affective disorder•], [•Gout / acute pain and swelling of knee•], [•Reactive arthritis•], [•Acute psychosis•] |
Bell's palsy | [•Stroke / TIA / sudden onset unilateral weakness•], [•Dysphagia•] |
benign bone tumours | [•Musculoskeletal lump•] |
benign essential tremor | [•Tremor and parkinsonism•] |
benign intracranial hypertension | [•Headache•], [•Child or adolescent with a headache•] |
benign ovarian cysts | [•Gynaecological abdominal pain•] |
benign paroxysmal positional vertigo | [•Dizziness and vertigo•] |
benign prostatic hypertrophy | [•Acute kidney injury•], [•Elevation of prostate-specific antigen•] |
benzodiazepine and other hypnosedative abuse/dependence | [•Alcohol and drug dependence disorders•] |
benzodiazepine overdose | [•Self-harm•] |
beta-blocker overdose | [•Self-harm•] |
biliary atresia | [•Infant with jaundice•] |
biliary colic/gallstones | [•Acute abdominal pain•] |
bipolar affective disorder | [•Self-harm•], [•Bipolar affective disorder•], [•Alcohol and drug dependence disorders•], [•Acute psychosis•], [•Personality disorder•], [•Major depressive episode•] |
bladder cancer | [•Dysuria•] |
bladder distension | [•Adult with abdominal mass•] |
bladder transitional cell carcinoma | [•Gross haematuria•] |
bleeding | [•Postoperative complications•] |
bleeding diathesis | [•Gout / acute pain and swelling of knee•] |
bleeding disorder | [•Knee injury•] |
blepharitis | [•Child with red swelling around one eye•] |
blepharochalasis | [•Child with red swelling around one eye•] |
blood group incompatibility (unconjugated) | [•Infant with jaundice•] |
blunt trauma | [•Superficial injuries•], [•Child with red swelling around one eye•] |
body dysmorphic disorder | [•Eating disorders•], [•Medically unexplained physical symptoms•] |
boil/furuncle | [•Skin and soft tissue infection•] |
bone or other malignancy (e.g. leukaemia) | [•Osteomyelitis•] |
bony metastases | [•Regional limb pain•] |
borderline personality disorder | [•Self-harm•], [•Eating disorders•], [•Personality disorder•], [•Major depressive episode•] |
botulism | [•Neuromuscular disease / generalised muscle weakness•] |
bowel obstruction | [•Fetal health•], [•Acute abdominal pain•], [•Infant with vomiting and diarrhoea•] |
brachial neuritis | [•Regional limb pain•] |
brachial plexus injury | [•Dislocated joint•] |
brain abscess | [•Bipolar affective disorder•], [•Acute psychosis•] |
brain herniation from raised intracranial pressure | [•Head trauma•] |
brain tumour | [•Alcohol and drug dependence disorders•], [•Child or adolescent with a headache•] |
branchial cleft cyst | [•Neck lump•] |
Braxton-Hicks contractions | [•Late pregnancy complications•] |
breast abscess | [•Breast lump and screening•] |
breast cancer | [•Clinical audit•], [•Contraception•] |
breast cancer (invasive/metastatic adenocarcinoma, lobar carcinoma in-situ, ductal carcinoma in-situ) | [•Breast lump and screening•] |
breast milk jaundice | [•Infant with jaundice•] |
breath holding attacks | [•Altered level of consciousness in a child•] |
bronchiectasis | [•Chronic sputum production•], [•Chronic shortness of breath•] |
bronchiolitis obliterans | [•Chronic shortness of breath•] |
brucellosis | [•Non-specific back pain•] |
Brugada syndrome | [•Arrhythmias•] |
Buerger's disease | [•Acutely painful limb•] |
bulbar/pseudobulbar palsy | [•Dysphagia•] |
bulimia nervosa | [•Eating disorders•], [•Personality disorder•], [•Major depressive episode•] |
bullous lung disease | [•Chronic shortness of breath•] |
bullous pemphigoid | [•Rest home resident with itching and rash•], [•Blisters•] |
burn | [•Child with red swelling around one eye•] |
caesarean birth | [•Labour•] |
caffeine | [•Menopause•] |
calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate disease (CPPD) arthritis | [•Gout / acute pain and swelling of knee•] |
candidiasis | [•Dysuria•] |
cannabis abuse | [•Alcohol and drug dependence disorders•] |
capillary haemangioma | [•Child with red swelling around one eye•] |
carbuncle | [•Skin and soft tissue infection•] |
carcinoid syndrome | [•Chronic bowel motility problems•], [•Menopause•] |
carcinoma | [•Headache, morning stiffness and shoulder pain•] |
carcinoma in situ | [•Skin tumours•] |
carcinoma of the pancreas | [•Medically unexplained physical symptoms•] |
cardiac arrhythmias | [•Unexplained loss of consciousness•], [•Falls and collapses•], [•Epilepsy / seizure•], [•Pre-admission and surgical risk assessment•], [•Altered level of consciousness in a child•], [•Postoperative complications•] |
cardiac failure | [•Acute kidney injury•], [•Chronic shortness of breath•] |
cardiac murmurs | [•6 week check•] |
cardiac tamponade | [•Out of hospital cardiac arrest•], [•Acute chest pain•], [•Sudden onset shortness of breath•], [•Penetrating chest trauma•] |
cardiomyopathy (alcoholic, idiopathic, hypertensive, ischaemic) | [•Heart failure•] |
carotid artery aneurysm | [•Neck lump•] |
carotid artery dissection | [•Unexplained loss of consciousness•], [•Stroke / TIA / sudden onset unilateral weakness•] |
carotid paraganglioma (chemodectoma) | [•Neck lump•] |
carpal tunnel syndrome | [•Painful hands in the cold•] |
Castleman’s Disease | [•Lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly•] |
cat scratch disease | [•Fever and adenopathy•] |
cataracts | [•6 week check•] |
cauda equina syndrome | [•Non-specific back pain•], [•Acutely painful limb•] |
cauda-equina syndrome | [•Urinary incontinence in women•] |
cavernous sinus thrombosis | [•Acute or chronic red eye•] |
cellulitis | [•Skin and soft tissue infection•], [•Deep vein thrombosis•] |
cellulitis impetigo | [•Itching child•] |
central diabetes insipidus | [•Diabetes insipidus•] |
central nervous system neoplasia (primary and secondary) | [•Major depressive episode•] |
central or branch retinal artery occlusion | [•Sudden painless loss of vision•] |
central or branch retinal vein occlusion | [•Sudden painless loss of vision•] |
central sleep apnoea | [•Daytime sleepiness•] |
cerebellopontine angle tumour | [•Hearing loss•], [•Dizziness and vertigo•] |
cerebral contusion | [•Head trauma•] |
cerebral cyst | [•Space occupying lesion / progressive unilateral weakness•] |
cerebral herniation syndromes | [•Altered level of consciousness in an adult•] |
cerebral oedema | [•Altered level of consciousness in an adult•] |
cerebral palsy | [•Labour•], [•Congenital hearing loss•], [•Child with abnormal gait•] |
cerebral tumour | [•Falls and collapses•], [•Delirium / dementia•], [•Agitated and combative patient•], [•Dementia / disturbance of memory / cognitive function•] |
cerebrovascular accident | [•Unexplained loss of consciousness•], [•Altered level of consciousness in a child•], [•Child with abnormal gait•] |
cerebrovascular accident (stroke) | [•Sudden painless loss of vision•] |
cerumen accumulation | [•Hearing loss•] |
cervical cancer | [•Clinical audit•], [•Gynaecological abdominal pain•], [•Vaginal bleeding late in pregnancy•], [•Postmenopausal bleeding•], [•Dysuria•] |
cervical cord compression | [•Painful hands in the cold•] |
cervical dysplasia / carcinoma | [•Heavy menstrual periods•], [•Postmenopausal bleeding•] |
cervical ectropian/erosion | [•Heavy menstrual periods•] |
cervical polyps | [•Heavy menstrual periods•], [•Vaginal bleeding late in pregnancy•], [•Postmenopausal bleeding•] |
cervical spine fractures | [•Neck injury•] |
cervical spine sprains | [•Neck injury•] |
cervix (cervicitis, polyp) | [•Gynaecological abdominal pain•] |
chemical burns (acid and alkali) | [•Burns•] |
chemotherapy toxicity | [•Menopause•], [•Pancytopenia•] |
chikungunya (in a recent traveller) | [•Swollen and tender joints•] |
child abuse | [•Disruptive behaviour disorder•] |
chlamydia | [•Dysuria•] |
cholangiocarcinoma | [•Patient with jaundice•] |
cholecystitis | [•Patient with jaundice•], [•Acute abdominal pain•] |
cholesteatoma | [•Hearing loss•], [•Glue ear•] |
cholesterol emboli syndrome | [•Acutely painful limb•] |
chorioamnionitis | [•Labour•] |
choriocarcinoma | [•Postpartum care•] |
chromosomal or genetic syndrome (leading to obesity/dysmorphism) | [•Osteomyelitis•] |
chromosomal or genetic syndrome (Turner's syndrome) | [•Child with abnormal puberty•] |
chronic compartment syndrome | [•Chronic limb pain•] |
chronic disease (especially coeliac, inflammatory bowel disease) | [•Child with abnormal puberty•] |
chronic fatigue syndrome | [•Major depressive episode•] |
chronic hepatitis B and C | [•Chronic liver disease•] |
chronic illness (malabsorption, chronic infection) | [•Failure to thrive•] |
chronic inflammation | [•Haemochromatosis•] |
chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy | [•Neuromuscular disease / generalised muscle weakness•] |
chronic ischaemic gut | [•Chronic bowel motility problems•] |
chronic kidney disease | [•Secondary hypertension•] |
chronic lymphocytic leukaemia | [•Lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly•] |
chronic mesenteric insufficiency | [•Acute abdominal pain•] |
chronic myeloid leukaemia | [•Pancytopenia•] |
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | [•Polycythaemia•], [•Teaching•], [•Chronic sputum production•], [•Heart failure•], [•Chronic shortness of breath•], [•Pneumonia•] |
chronic pancreatitis | [•Chronic bowel motility problems•], [•Diarrhoea•] |
chronic renal failure | [•Hypercalcaemia and back pain•] |
chronic sinusitis | [•Epistaxis•] |
chronic subdural haematoma | [•Space occupying lesion / progressive unilateral weakness•], [•Dementia / disturbance of memory / cognitive function•] |
Churg-Strauss syndrome | [•Bipolar affective disorder•], [•Acute psychosis•] |
ciliary dyskinesia syndrome | [•Chronic sputum production•] |
clavicle fracture/nonunion | [•Regional limb pain•] |
cleft palate | [•Congenital hearing loss•], [•6 week check•] |
closed loop obstruction | [•Bowel obstruction•] |
cluster headache | [•Sudden onset severe headache•], [•Headache•] |
CMV | [•Infant with jaundice•] |
co-morbid mental health problems (e.g. depression) | [•Chronic illness in paediatrics•] |
CO2 narcosis | [•Unexplained loss of consciousness•] |
coagulopathies | [•Heavy menstrual periods•], [•Postpartum care•], [•Gynaecological abdominal pain•], [•Vaginal bleeding late in pregnancy•], [•Gross haematuria•] |
coarctation of the aorta | [•Secondary hypertension•], [•6 week check•] |
Coats disease
Watery eye:
congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction | [•Infant with an altered light reflex and watery eye•] |
cocaine abuse/overdose | [•Alcohol and drug dependence disorders•] |
cochlear malformation | [•Congenital hearing loss•] |
coeliac disease | [•Chronic bowel motility problems•], [•Eating disorders•], [•Chronic abdominal pain in children and adolescents•], [•Failure to thrive•], [•Anaemia•], [•Chronic upper abdominal symptoms•] |
colorectal cancer | [•Chronic bowel motility problems•], [•Bowel obstruction•], [•Adult with abdominal mass•], [•Rectal bleeding•] |
combined oral contraceptive pill use | [•Secondary hypertension•] |
common viral upper respiratory tract infection (viral sore throat) | [•Sore throat management in the New Zealand context•] |
common femoral artery aneurysm | [•Groin lump•] |
community acquired / nosocomial pneumonia | [•Pneumonia•] |
compartment syndrome | [•Hand injury•], [•Acutely painful limb•] |
concerns about vaccination | [•6 week check•] |
concha bullosa | [•Epistaxis•] |
concussion | [•Neck injury•], [•Head trauma•], [•Agitated and combative patient•] |
conduct disorder (CD) | [•Disruptive behaviour disorder•] |
congenital adrenal hyperplasia | [•Amenorrhoea•], [•Adrenal crisis•], [•Infertility•] |
congenital adrenal hypoplasia | [•Adrenal crisis•] |
congenital anomaly (ectopic ureter) | [•Child with disorder of elimination•] |
congenital band adhesion and other causes of partial bowel obstruction | [•Chronic abdominal pain in children and adolescents•] |
congenital cardiovascular abnormality | [•Child with respiratory distress•] |
congenital choledochal cyst | [•Infant with jaundice•] |
congenital diaphragmatic hernia | [•Fetal health•], [•Unwell neonate•] |
congenital esotropia (non-accomodative, requiring surgical correction) | [•Infant or child with strabismus•] |
congenital fetal abnormality | [•Labour•] |
congenital hearing loss | [•Glue ear•] |
congenital heart disease | [•Fetal health•], [•Fever and a new murmur•], [•Unwell neonate•], [•Infant or child with a murmur•], [•Failure to thrive•] |
congenital infection particularly cytomegalovirus | [•Congenital hearing loss•] |
congenital laryngeal abnormalities (e.g. vocal cord palsy) | [•Neonatal stridor•] |
congenital lung abnormality | [•Child with respiratory distress•] |
congenital melanocytic naevi and other skin conditions (napkin dermatitis, haemangiomas/vascular malformations, Mongolian blue spots) difficulty establishing feeding | [•6 week check•] |
congenital or acquired immunodeficiency | [•Failure to thrive•] |
congenital rubella syndrome
Watery eye:
congenital glaucoma | [•Infant with an altered light reflex and watery eye•] |
conjunctivitis (bacterial, viral, allergic) | [•Acute or chronic red eye•] |
constipation | [•Chronic abdominal pain in children and adolescents•], [•Late pregnancy complications•], [•Abdominal or inguinal lump•], [•Acute abdominal pain in children and adolescents•], [•Delirium / dementia•], [•Perianal pathology•], [•Child with disorder of elimination•] |
contact dermatitis | [•Child with red swelling around one eye•] |
contact irritation (in relation to scabies treatment) | [•Itching child•] |
conversion disorder | [•Medically unexplained physical symptoms•] |
COPD | [•Pre-admission and surgical risk assessment•] |
cor pulmonale /pulmonary hypertension | [•Daytime sleepiness•] |
cord prolapse | [•Labour•] |
corkscrew oesophagus (oesphageal spasm) | [•Dysphagia•] |
corneal dystrophies | [•Infant with an altered light reflex and watery eye•] |
corneal or sub-tarsal foreign body | [•Infant with an altered light reflex and watery eye•] |
coronary artery vasospasm | [•Stable angina•] |
corpus luteum cyst | [•Gynaecological abdominal pain•] |
costochondritis | [•Acute chest pain•] |
cranial nerve III palsy in herpes zoster ophthalmicus | [•Pupil abnormality•] |
craniopharyngioma | [•Amenorrhoea•], [•Panhypopituitarism•], [•Infertility•] |
Crohn's disease | [•Eating disorders•], [•Adult with abdominal mass•], [•Child with sore joints•], [•Perianal pathology•] |
Crohn's strictures | [•Bowel obstruction•] |
croup | [•Neonatal stridor•], [•Upper respiratory tract symptoms•] |
cryptococcosis | [•Dementia / disturbance of memory / cognitive function•] |
crystal arthropathy | [•Knee pain•] |
Curling's (severe stress/burns) ulcer | [•Upper gastrointestinal bleeding•] |
Cushing's syndrome | [•Bipolar affective disorder•], [•Obesity•], [•Secondary hypertension•], [•Major depressive episode•] |
cutaneous lupus (subacute cutaneous lupus, discoid lupus) | [•Pimples and rash on the face•] |
cutaneous T cell lymphoma | [•Adult eczema•] |
cutaneous vasculitis +/- systemic involvement | [•Blisters•] |
cyanotic congenital heart disease | [•Infant or child with a murmur•] |
cyanotic heart disease | [•Polycythaemia•] |
cyclothymia | [•Bipolar affective disorder•] |
cystic fibrosis | [•Infant with jaundice•], [•Chronic abdominal pain in children and adolescents•], [•Chronic sputum production•], [•Family with a genetic disorder•], [•Failure to thrive•] |
cytomegalovirus | [•Chronic liver disease•] |
cytomegalovirus (CMV) | [•Febrile returning traveller•] |
dacryoadenitis | [•Child with red swelling around one eye•] |
dacryocystitis | [•Child with red swelling around one eye•] |
damaged teeth | [•Preoperative assessment and management•] |
de-gloving and crush injuries | [•Hand injury•] |
decreased mobility | [•Urinary incontinence in women•] |
deep neck space infection | [•Neonatal stridor•], [•Compromised airway•], [•Upper airway disease•], [•Upper respiratory tract symptoms•] |
deep skin or soft infection | [•Fracture•] |
deep vein thrombosis | [•Pre-admission and surgical risk assessment•], [•Preoperative assessment and management•], [•Acutely painful limb•], [•Deep vein thrombosis•] |
degenerative disc disease | [•Non-specific back pain•] |
dehydration | [•Postoperative complications•] |
delayed maturation | [•Child with disorder of elimination•] |
delayed puberty (constitutional) | [•Child with abnormal puberty•] |
deliberate self-harm | [•Superficial injuries•] |
delirium | [•Personality disorder•], [•Dementia / disturbance of memory / cognitive function•] |
delirium tremens | [•Agitated and combative patient•] |
delirium tremens postoperative nausea and vomiting | [•Postoperative complications•] |
dementia | [•Accidental overdose•], [•Major depressive episode•] |
depression | [•Headache, morning stiffness and shoulder pain•], [•Painful hands in the cold•], [•Self-harm•], [•Eating disorders•], [•Medically unexplained physical symptoms•], [•Alcohol and drug dependence disorders•], [•Acute chest pain•], [•Anxiety disorder•], [•Acute psychosis•], [•Personality disorder•], [•Dementia / disturbance of memory / cognitive function•] |
depressive personality disorder | [•Personality disorder•], [•Disruptive behaviour disorder•] |
dermal burn (superficial, mid and deep) | [•Burns•] |
dermatitis | [•Skin and soft tissue infection•] |
dermatitis herpetiformis | [•Blisters•] |
dermatomyositis | [•Painful hands in the cold•], [•Chronic limb pain•] |
dermatomyositis/polymyositis | [•Headache, morning stiffness and shoulder pain•] |
dermoid cyst | [•Neck lump•], [•Child with red swelling around one eye•] |
developmental delay | [•Before school check•] |
developmental dysplasia of the hip | [•Osteomyelitis•], [•Child with abnormal gait•], [•6 week check•] |
deviated septum | [•Epistaxis•] |
diabetes insipidus | [•Urinary incontinence in women•] |
diabetes mellitus | [•Urinary incontinence in women•], [•Diplopia•], [•Risk assessment in early pregnancy•], [•Obesity•], [•Pre-admission and surgical risk assessment•], [•Preoperative assessment and management•], [•Diabetes insipidus•], [•Chronic kidney disease / asymptomatic worsening renal function•], [•Child with disorder of elimination•] |
diabetic ketoacidosis | [•Unexplained loss of consciousness•], [•Acute abdominal pain in children and adolescents•], [•Altered level of consciousness in a child•], [•Acute presentation of diabetes mellitus•], [•Postoperative complications•], [•Acute abdominal pain•], [•Infant with vomiting and diarrhoea•] |
diabetic retinopathy | [•Annual eye screen for patient with diabetes•] |
diabetic retinopathy (maculopathy) | [•Gradual deterioration in visual acuity over time•] |
Dieulafoy (vascular) lesion | [•Upper gastrointestinal bleeding•] |
diffuse alveolar haemorrhage | [•Haemoptysis and abnormal chest X-ray•], [•Worsening shortness of breath•] |
diffuse axonal injury | [•Unexplained loss of consciousness•], [•Head trauma•], [•Penetrating chest trauma•] |
diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (Forestier's disease) | [•Inflammatory low back pain•] |
diffuse lung disease associated with connective tissue diseases | [•Worsening shortness of breath•] |
diphtheria | [•Compromised airway•] |
direct cardiac trauma | [•Penetrating chest trauma•] |
disc prolapse | [•Inflammatory low back pain•] |
discitis | [•Inflammatory low back pain•], [•Non-specific back pain•] |
discoid eczema | [•Rest home resident with itching and rash•] |
disease of major organ system (e.g. chronic renal failure) | [•Failure to thrive•] |
dissociative disorder | [•Personality disorder•] |
distracting injuries | [•Neck injury•] |
diuretic toxicity | [•Hyponatraemia•] |
diverticular disease | [•Rectal bleeding•] |
diverticulitis | [•Bowel obstruction•], [•Acute abdominal pain•] |
domestic violence | [•Superficial injuries•] |
Down syndrome | [•Fetal health•], [•Family with a genetic disorder•] |
drug eruption | [•Rest home resident with itching and rash•] |
drug eruption (major) | [•Blisters•] |
drug eruption (mild) | [•Blisters•] |
drug hypersensitivity syndrome/drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) | [•Blisters•] |
drug induced | [•Chronic bowel motility problems•], [•Diabetes in pregnancy•], [•Falls and collapses•], [•Postpartum care•], [•Arrhythmias•], [•Delirium / dementia•], [•Hearing loss•] |
drug induced oesophagitis | [•Dysphagia•] |
drug induced- accidental ingestion | [•Altered level of consciousness in a child•] |
drug seeking behaviour | [•Anxiety disorder•] |
drug-induced | [•Acute kidney injury•] |
drug-induced diffuse lung disease | [•Worsening shortness of breath•] |
drug-induced liver disease | [•Patient with jaundice•] |
drug-induced lupus erythematosus | [•SLE / fatigue / pain and swelling in the hands•] |
drug-induced parkinsonism | [•Tremor and parkinsonism•] |
drugs (beta-blockers, calcium channel blockers, substance abuse) | [•Major depressive episode•] |
drugs (e.g. diuretics) | [•Urinary incontinence in women•] |
drugs (including non-prescription medications) | [•Chronic liver disease•] |
drugs (rifampicin) | [•Gross haematuria•] |
drugs (warfarin, aspirin) | [•Heavy menstrual periods•] |
Duane syndrome | [•Infant or child with strabismus•] |
Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy | [•Family with a genetic disorder•] |
duct ectasia | [•Breast lump and screening•] |
dysfibrinogenaemia | [•Deep vein thrombosis•] |
dysfunctional uterine bleeding | [•Heavy menstrual periods•] |
dyslipidaemia | [•Obesity•] |
dyspepsia | [•Chronic bowel motility problems•] |
dysthymic disorder | [•Alcohol and drug dependence disorders•], [•Anxiety disorder•], [•Major depressive episode•] |
eating disorder | [•Chronic abdominal pain in children and adolescents•] |
eclampsia | [•Risk assessment in early pregnancy•], [•Late pregnancy complications•] |
ectopic ACTH from malignancy | [•Obesity•] |
ectopic pregnancy | [•Heavy menstrual periods•], [•Gynaecological abdominal pain•], [•Pregnancy diagnosis•], [•Acute abdominal pain•], [•Contraception•] |
eczema herpeticum | [•Itching child•] |
electrical burns | [•Burns•] |
electrolyte imbalance | [•Out of hospital cardiac arrest•], [•Acute psychosis•], [•Delirium / dementia•], [•Postoperative complications•] |
embolic disease from atrial fibrillation | [•Acute abdominal pain•] |
emotional trauma | [•Arrhythmias•] |
emotional/physical neglect or abuse | [•Before school check•] |
empty sella syndrome | [•Amenorrhoea•], [•Panhypopituitarism•], [•Infertility•] |
empyema | [•Haemoptysis and abnormal chest X-ray•] |
encephalitis | [•Unexplained loss of consciousness•], [•Sudden onset severe headache•], [•Bipolar affective disorder•], [•Falls and collapses•], [•Epilepsy / seizure•], [•Alcohol and drug dependence disorders•], [•Fever and headache•], [•Altered level of consciousness in a child•], [•Acute psychosis•], [•Agitated and combative patient•], [•Febrile infant•] |
encephalocoele | [•Child with red swelling around one eye•] |
encephalopathy of any cause | [•Bipolar affective disorder•], [•Alcohol and drug dependence disorders•], [•Anxiety disorder•], [•Acute psychosis•] |
endocervical / vaginal infection | [•Heavy menstrual periods•] |
endocrine causes of hyperglycaemia | [•Diabetes in pregnancy•] |
endometrial carcinoma | [•Postmenopausal bleeding•] |
endometrial hyperplasia | [•Postmenopausal bleeding•] |
endometrial hyperplasia / carcinoma | [•Heavy menstrual periods•] |
endometrial polyps | [•Heavy menstrual periods•], [•Postmenopausal bleeding•] |
endometriosis | [•Dysuria•], [•Infertility•], [•Acute abdominal pain•] |
endometritis | [•Postpartum care•] |
enteropathic arthritis (associated with inflammatory bowel disease) | [•Inflammatory low back pain•], [•Swollen and tender joints•], [•Reactive arthritis•] |
enterovirus infection (Coxsackie virus and Echovirus) | [•Reactive arthritis•] |
eosinophilic gastroenteritis | [•Chronic bowel motility problems•] |
eosinophilic oesphagitis | [•Dysphagia•] |
ephelis | [•Skin tumours•] |
epidermal burn | [•Burns•] |
epidermoid cyst | [•Musculoskeletal lump•] |
epididymitis | [•Acute severe testicular pain•] |
epidural haematoma | [•Postoperative complications•] |
epiglottitis | [•Child with respiratory distress•], [•Sore throat management in the New Zealand context•] |
epiglottitis/supraglottitis | [•Neonatal stridor•], [•Compromised airway•], [•Upper airway disease•], [•Upper respiratory tract symptoms•] |
epilepsy | [•Unexplained loss of consciousness•], [•Chronic illness in paediatrics•], [•Arrhythmias•] |
episcleritis | [•Acute or chronic red eye•] |
episiotomy | [•Labour•] |
epistaxis | [•Epistaxis•] |
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) | [•Infant with jaundice•], [•Chronic liver disease•], [•Febrile returning traveller•] |
erysipelas | [•Skin and soft tissue infection•], [•Child with red swelling around one eye•] |
erythema ab igne | [•Blisters•] |
erythema multiforme | [•Facial swelling and itchy rash•], [•Blisters•] |
erythrodermic eczema | [•Itching child•] |
erythrodermic psoriasis | [•Rash on extensor surfaces and joint pains•] |
essential hypertension | [•Risk assessment in early pregnancy•], [•Obesity•], [•Secondary hypertension•], [•Late pregnancy complications•] |
ethylene glycol poisoning | [•Self-harm•], [•Acute presentation of diabetes mellitus•] |
Ewing's sarcoma | [•Musculoskeletal lump•] |
exogenous adrenal suppression | [•Adrenal crisis•] |
external compression of bile duct | [•Patient with jaundice•] |
external compression of ureters | [•Acute kidney injury•] |
external hordeolum/stye | [•Child with red swelling around one eye•] |
external tracheal compression (e.g. vascular ring) | [•Neonatal stridor•] |
extra-renal salt loss | [•Hyponatraemia•] |
extradural haemorrhage | [•Unexplained loss of consciousness•], [•Head trauma•], [•Agitated and combative patient•] |
extraocular muscle palsy associated with post-viral or posterior fossa compressive lesion | [•Infant or child with strabismus•] |
exudative (wet) age-related macular degeneration | [•Sudden painless loss of vision•] |
face/brow presentation | [•Labour•] |
facial nerve paresis | [•Glue ear•] |
facial trauma | [•Upper airway disease•] |
factor V Leiden | [•Deep vein thrombosis•] |
Fahr disease | [•Bipolar affective disorder•] |
fall | [•Falls and collapses•], [•Superficial injuries•] |
familial adenomatous polyposis | [•Genetic testing information•], [•Family with a genetic disorder•], [•Rectal bleeding•] |
familial breast cancer | [•Genetic testing information•] |
familial genetic abnormalities e.g. parental translocation or consanguinity | [•Fetal health•] |
familial ovarian cancer | [•Genetic testing information•] |
familial patterns of growth | [•Failure to thrive•] |
family dysfunction | [•Child or adolescent with a headache•] |
family violence | [•Vaginal bleeding late in pregnancy•] |
fat necrosis | [•Breast lump and screening•] |
febrile convulsion | [•Epilepsy / seizure•], [•Altered level of consciousness in a child•] |
femoral hernia | [•Groin lump•] |
fetal growth restriction | [•Fetal health•], [•Risk assessment in early pregnancy•] |
fetal malposition (occipito-posterior) | [•Labour•] |
fibroadenoma | [•Breast lump and screening•] |
fibrocystic change | [•Breast lump and screening•] |
fibroids | [•Heavy menstrual periods•], [•Adult with abdominal mass•] |
fibromuscular dysplasia | [•Secondary hypertension•] |
fibromyalgia | [•Headache, morning stiffness and shoulder pain•], [•SLE / fatigue / pain and swelling in the hands•], [•Painful hands in the cold•], [•Medically unexplained physical symptoms•], [•Acute chest pain•] |
finger dislocations | [•Hand injury•] |
fistula-in-ano | [•Perianal pathology•] |
flail chest | [•Penetrating chest trauma•] |
flow murmur | [•Valvular heart disease•], [•Fever and a new murmur•] |
focal epilepsy | [•Stroke / TIA / sudden onset unilateral weakness•] |
focal segmental glomerulosclerosis | [•Acute kidney injury•] |
focal seizures with loss of awareness (temporal lobe epilepsy, frontal lobe epilepsy, parietal lobe epilepsy and occipital lobe epilepsy) | [•Epilepsy / seizure•] |
focal seizures with retained awareness (focal motor seizures, focal sensory seizures, benign rolandic epilepsy) | [•Epilepsy / seizure•] |
food allergy | [•Chronic abdominal pain in children and adolescents•], [•Compromised airway•] |
food allergy (cows milk protein intolerance/allergy) | [•Failure to thrive•] |
Food anaphylaxis | [•Food allergy in paediatrics•] |
food intolerance | [•Food allergy in paediatrics•] |
food poisoning | [•Diarrhoea•] |
foreign body | [•Compromised airway•], [•Epistaxis•], [•Dysphagia•] |
foreign body in external auditory canal | [•Hearing loss•] |
foreign body in vagina | [•Gynaecological abdominal pain•] |
Foreign body inhalation | [•Food allergy in paediatrics•] |
fracture | [•Fracture•] |
fractured neck of femur | [•Hip fracture•] |
fragile X syndrome | [•Menopause•], [•Family with a genetic disorder•] |
frailty | [•Falls and collapses•] |
fronto-temporal dementia | [•Delirium / dementia•], [•Dementia / disturbance of memory / cognitive function•] |
frost-bite | [•Burns•] |
frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis) | [•Regional limb pain•] |
full thickness burn | [•Burns•] |
fulminant liver failure | [•Needlestick injury•] |
functional abdominal pain (recurrent idiopathic abdominal pain) | [•Chronic abdominal pain in children and adolescents•] |
gallstones | [•Patient with jaundice•], [•Pre-admission and surgical risk assessment•], [•Chronic upper abdominal symptoms•] |
Ganser syndrome | [•Personality disorder•] |
gastric cancer | [•Upper gastrointestinal bleeding•], [•Adult with abdominal mass•], [•Chronic upper abdominal symptoms•] |
gastritis | [•Upper gastrointestinal bleeding•], [•Late pregnancy complications•], [•Chronic upper abdominal symptoms•] |
gastro-oesophageal reflux disease | [•Late pregnancy complications•], [•Stable angina•], [•Acute chest pain•], [•Daytime sleepiness•], [•Epistaxis•], [•Chronic upper abdominal symptoms•] |
gastroenteritis | [•Chronic bowel motility problems•], [•Infectious disease outbreak•], [•Febrile infant•] |
gastrointestinal bleed | [•Unexplained loss of consciousness•] |
gastrointestinal lymphoma | [•Chronic upper abdominal symptoms•] |
gastrointestinal upset secondary to antibiotics | [•Infant with vomiting and diarrhoea•] |
generalised anxiety disorder | [•Acute chest pain•], [•Anxiety disorder•], [•Major depressive episode•] |
genetic haemochromatosis (Cys282Tyr) | [•Haemochromatosis•] |
genetic haemochromatosis (transferrin receptor mutation, ferroportin mutation) | [•Haemochromatosis•] |
genetic hearing loss | [•Congenital hearing loss•] |
genetic syndrome (Turner's syndrome) | [•Failure to thrive•] |
genital warts | [•Dysuria•] |
gestational diabetes mellitus | [•Diabetes in pregnancy•], [•Risk assessment in early pregnancy•] |
gestational hypertension | [•Secondary hypertension•] |
gestational impaired glucose tolerance | [•Diabetes in pregnancy•] |
giant cell arteritis | [•Headache, morning stiffness and shoulder pain•], [•Sudden loss of vision and headache•], [•Stroke / TIA / sudden onset unilateral weakness•], [•Headache•] |
glandular fever (EBV and CMV mononucleosis) | [•SLE / fatigue / pain and swelling in the hands•], [•Fever and adenopathy•], [•Sore throat management in the New Zealand context•] |
glioma | [•Panhypopituitarism•] |
glomerulonephritis | [•Chronic kidney disease / asymptomatic worsening renal function•] |
glomerulonephritis (acute post-streptococcal GN) | [•Child with generalised swelling•] |
glue sniffing | [•Acute presentation of diabetes mellitus•] |
goitre | [•Dysphagia•] |
gonococcal arthritis (disseminated gonococcal infection) | [•Gout / acute pain and swelling of knee•], [•Reactive arthritis•] |
gonorrhoea | [•Dysuria•] |
Goodpasture's syndrome | [•Acute kidney injury•] |
GORD,benign oesophageal stricture | [•Dysphagia•] |
gout | [•Gout / acute pain and swelling of knee•], [•Regional limb pain•], [•Reactive arthritis•], [•Chronic kidney disease / asymptomatic worsening renal function•] |
granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegner’s granulomatosis) | [•Epistaxis•] |
granulomatous disease | [•Space occupying lesion / progressive unilateral weakness•] |
Graves' disease | [•Hyperthyroidism•] |
great vessel injury | [•Penetrating chest trauma•] |
growth abnormalities | [•Before school check•] |
Guillain–Barré syndrome | [•Neuromuscular disease / generalised muscle weakness•], [•Child with abnormal gait•] |
gynaecologic problems | [•Chronic abdominal pain in children and adolescents•] |
haemarthrosis | [•Gout / acute pain and swelling of knee•] |
haematological malignancies (myelodysplastic syndrome, myelofibrosis, leukaemias, myeloma) | [•Anaemia•] |
haematological malignancy | [•Epistaxis•] |
haemochromatosis | [•Patient with jaundice•], [•Panhypopituitarism•], [•Genetic testing information•], [•Family with a genetic disorder•], [•Chronic liver disease•] |
haemoglobinopathies | [•Fetal health•], [•Anaemia•] |
haemolysis | [•Gross haematuria•] |
haemolytic anaemias (autoimmune disease, hereditary spherocytosis, G6PD deficiency) | [•Anaemia•] |
haemolytic anaemias (hereditary spherocytosis, G6PD deficiency, autoimmune disease) | [•Infant or child with pallor•] |
haemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN) | [•Vaginal bleeding late in pregnancy•] |
haemolytic-uraemic syndrome (HUS)/thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) | [•Late pregnancy complications•], [•Infant with vomiting and diarrhoea•] |
haemophilia | [•Infant or child with easy bruising•] |
haemopneumothorax | [•Penetrating chest trauma•] |
haemorrhage (subdural, extradural, subarachnoid, intracerebral, intraventricular) | [•Altered level of consciousness in an adult•] |
haemorrhagic cystitis | [•Dysuria•] |
haemorrhoids | [•Perianal pathology•], [•Rectal bleeding•] |
haemothorax | [•Penetrating chest trauma•] |
hair tourniquet | [•Irritable infant•] |
hairy cell leukaemia | [•Lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly•], [•Pancytopenia•] |
Hashimoto's thyroiditis | [•Hypothyroidism•] |
head injury | [•Altered level of consciousness in a child•] |
head injury syndrome | [•Altered level of consciousness in an adult•] |
head trauma | [•Bipolar affective disorder•], [•Alcohol and drug dependence disorders•], [•Acute psychosis•] |
healthcare-associated infection (including surgical site infection, pneumonia, peripheral and central intravenous cannula infection, urinary tract infection) | [•Postoperative complications•] |
heart block (first, second and third-degree) | [•Arrhythmias•] |
heart failure | [•Deep vein thrombosis•] |
heart failure ('flash' pulmonary odema, consider rheumatic heart disease as an underlying cause) | [•Sudden onset shortness of breath•] |
HELLP (haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets) | [•Risk assessment in early pregnancy•] |
HELLP syndrome | [•Late pregnancy complications•] |
Henoch-Schonlein purpura | [•Infant or child with easy bruising•], [•Acute abdominal pain in children and adolescents•], [•Child with sore joints•] |
hepatic congestion | [•Chronic liver disease•] |
hepatic encephalopathy | [•Unexplained loss of consciousness•], [•Agitated and combative patient•] |
hepatitis | [•Haemochromatosis•], [•Chronic abdominal pain in children and adolescents•] |
hepatitis (especially HepB) | [•Infant with jaundice•] |
hepatitis A | [•Febrile returning traveller•] |
hepatitis B | [•Dysuria•], [•Needlestick injury•], [•Febrile returning traveller•] |
hepatitis C | [•Dysuria•], [•Needlestick injury•], [•Febrile returning traveller•] |
hepatocellular carcinoma | [•Polycythaemia•], [•Alcohol•], [•Patient with jaundice•], [•Chronic liver disease•] |
hepatosplenomegaly | [•Adult with abdominal mass•] |
hepatotoxins including aspergillus flavum | [•Chronic liver disease•] |
hereditary angioedema (in cases of isolated angioedema) | [•Facial swelling and itchy rash•] |
hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia | [•Epistaxis•] |
hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer | [•Genetic testing information•], [•Rectal bleeding•] |
hereditary sideroblastic anaemia | [•Haemochromatosis•] |
herpes simplex virus | [•Dysuria•] |
herpes simplex virus encephalitis | [•Fever and headache•] |
herpes simplex virus meningitis | [•Fever and headache•] |
herpes zoster (shingles) | [•Blisters•] |
herpes zoster ophthalmicus | [•Diplopia•], [•Acute or chronic red eye•] |
hidradenitis suppurativa | [•Skin and soft tissue infection•] |
high altitude pulmonary oedema | [•Heart failure•] |
high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion | [•Abnormal cervical smear result•] |
high oxygen affinity haemoglobinopathy | [•Polycythaemia•] |
hip dislocation | [•Hip fracture•] |
Hirschprung disease | [•Acute abdominal pain in children and adolescents•] |
Hirschsprung disease | [•Child with disorder of elimination•] |
histrionic personality disorder | [•Personality disorder•] |
HIV | [•Neck lump•], [•SLE / fatigue / pain and swelling in the hands•], [•Fetal health•], [•Bipolar affective disorder•], [•Alcohol and drug dependence disorders•], [•Lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly•], [•Pancytopenia•], [•Fever and adenopathy•], [•Dysuria•], [•Acute psychosis•], [•Needlestick injury•], [•Abnormal cervical smear result•], [•Perianal pathology•], [•Contraception•], [•Dementia / disturbance of memory / cognitive function•], [•Major depressive episode•] |
Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphomas | [•Neck lump•] |
Holmes-Adie pupil | [•Pupil abnormality•] |
Horners syndrome | [•Pupil abnormality•] |
human bites | [•Superficial injuries•] |
human papilloma virus | [•Abnormal cervical smear result•], [•Perianal pathology•] |
Huntington's disease | [•Bipolar affective disorder•], [•Tremor and parkinsonism•], [•Family with a genetic disorder•], [•Acute psychosis•], [•Dementia / disturbance of memory / cognitive function•], [•Major depressive episode•] |
hydrocephalus | [•Unexplained loss of consciousness•], [•Tremor and parkinsonism•], [•Head trauma•], [•6 week check•] |
hydrocoele | [•Groin lump•], [•Abdominal or inguinal lump•], [•Acute severe testicular pain•] |
hyper/hypothyroidism | [•Amenorrhoea•] |
hyperbilirubinaemia | [•Congenital hearing loss•] |
hypercalcaemia | [•Alcohol and drug dependence disorders•], [•Anxiety disorder•], [•Agitated and combative patient•] |
hypercalcaemia secondary to medication (thiazide and lithium toxicity) | [•Hypercalcaemia and back pain•] |
hyperemesis gravidarum | [•Pregnancy diagnosis•] |
hyperglycaemia | [•Hyponatraemia•] |
hyperosmolar non-ketotic syndrome | [•Unexplained loss of consciousness•], [•Acute presentation of diabetes mellitus•] |
hyperparathyroidism | [•Hypercalcaemia and back pain•] |
hypersensitivity pneumonitis (extrinsic allergic alveolitis) | [•Worsening shortness of breath•] |
hypersplenism | [•Pancytopenia•] |
hypertensive cardiomyopathy | [•Stable angina•] |
hypertensive encephalopathy | [•Arrhythmias•] |
hypertensive nephrosclerosis | [•Chronic kidney disease / asymptomatic worsening renal function•] |
hypertensive retinopathy | [•Annual eye screen for patient with diabetes•] |
hyperthyroidism | [•Eating disorders•], [•Bipolar affective disorder•], [•Alcohol and drug dependence disorders•], [•Hypercalcaemia and back pain•], [•Anxiety disorder•], [•Acute psychosis•], [•Major depressive episode•] |
hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy | [•Valvular heart disease•], [•Arrhythmias•], [•Stable angina•] |
hyperventilation syndrome | [•Acute chest pain•], [•Anxiety disorder•] |
hypo /hyperthyroidism | [•Headache, morning stiffness and shoulder pain•] |
hypo/hypernatraemia | [•Unexplained loss of consciousness•], [•Agitated and combative patient•] |
hypocalcaemia | [•Agitated and combative patient•] |
hypochondriasis | [•Medically unexplained physical symptoms•], [•Personality disorder•] |
hypochromic microcytic anaemia (iron deficiency; thalassemia) | [•Infant or child with pallor•] |
hypoglycaemia | [•Unexplained loss of consciousness•], [•Falls and collapses•], [•Unwell neonate•], [•Arrhythmias•], [•Stroke / TIA / sudden onset unilateral weakness•], [•Altered level of consciousness in a child•], [•Acute psychosis•], [•Agitated and combative patient•] |
hypokalaemia | [•Diabetes insipidus•] |
hypoparathyroidism | [•Delirium / dementia•] |
hypopituitarism | [•Type 1 diabetes mellitus•], [•Osteomyelitis•] |
hypospadias | [•6 week check•] |
hypotension (any cause) | [•Out of hospital cardiac arrest•] |
hypothalamic amenorrhoea | [•Amenorrhoea•], [•Infertility•] |
Hypothalamic/pituitary tumour | [•Child with abnormal puberty•] |
hypothermia | [•Out of hospital cardiac arrest•] |
hypothyroidism | [•Infant with jaundice•], [•Hyponatraemia•], [•Osteomyelitis•], [•Failure to thrive•], [•Child with abnormal puberty•], [•Delirium / dementia•], [•Agitated and combative patient•], [•Anaemia•], [•Dementia / disturbance of memory / cognitive function•], [•Major depressive episode•] |
hypovolaemia | [•Acute kidney injury•] |
hypoxia | [•Agitated and combative patient•] |
hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy | [•Labour•] |
ichthyosis or other genodermatosis | [•Itching child•] |
idiopathic | [•Epilepsy / seizure•] |
idiopathic intracranial hypertension | [•Sudden onset severe headache•] |
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis) | [•Worsening shortness of breath•] |
idiopathic urticarial | [•Facial swelling and itchy rash•] |
IgA nephropathy | [•Gross haematuria•], [•Acute kidney injury•] |
ileus | [•Bowel obstruction•] |
illegal abortion | [•Gynaecological abdominal pain•] |
immobilisation | [•Hypercalcaemia and back pain•] |
immune thrombocytopenia | [•Epistaxis•] |
immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) | [•Infant or child with easy bruising•] |
immunisation delay | [•Clinical audit•], [•Before school check•] |
immunodeficiency | [•Itching child•], [•Abnormal cervical smear result•] |
immunodeficiency (inherited) | [•Family with a genetic disorder•] |
immunoglobulin deficiency | [•Chronic sputum production•] |
impaired glucose tolerance | [•Obesity•] |
imperforate hymen | [•Child with abnormal puberty•] |
impetigo | [•Skin and soft tissue infection•] |
implantation bleed | [•Gynaecological abdominal pain•] |
inadequate analgesia | [•Postoperative complications•] |
inadequate caloric intake (feeding problems) | [•Failure to thrive•] |
incarcerated hernia | [•Irritable infant•] |
inclusion body myositis | [•Headache, morning stiffness and shoulder pain•], [•Neuromuscular disease / generalised muscle weakness•] |
increased iodine intake | [•Hyperthyroidism•] |
induced labour | [•Labour•] |
infection | [•Haemochromatosis•], [•Acute psychosis•] |
infection (urinary tract infection, giardiasis) | [•Chronic abdominal pain in children and adolescents•] |
infection (urinary, respiratory) | [•Infant with vomiting and diarrhoea•] |
infection of joint prostheses | [•Knee pain•] |
infection-induced urticaria/angioedema | [•Facial swelling and itchy rash•] |
Infectious diarrhoea including rotavirus | [•Diarrhoea•] |
infectious gastroenteritis (e.g. rotavirus) | [•Infant with vomiting and diarrhoea•] |
infectious gastronenteritis | [•Acute abdominal pain in children and adolescents•] |
infectious mononucleosis | [•Lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly•], [•Upper respiratory tract symptoms•] |
infective endocarditis | [•Valvular heart disease•], [•Alcohol and drug dependence disorders•] |
inflammatory bowel disease | [•Chronic bowel motility problems•], [•Chronic abdominal pain in children and adolescents•], [•Diarrhoea•], [•Rectal bleeding•] |
inflammatory breast cancer | [•Breast lump and screening•] |
inflammatory bronchiolitis | [•Chronic shortness of breath•] |
influenza | [•Upper respiratory tract symptoms•], [•Febrile infant•] |
inguinal hernia | [•Abdominal or inguinal lump•], [•Acute severe testicular pain•] |
inguinal hernia (direct or indirect) | [•Groin lump•] |
inguinal lymph nodes | [•Abdominal or inguinal lump•] |
inhalation injury | [•Upper airway disease•] |
inhaled foreign body | [•Neonatal stridor•], [•Upper airway disease•] |
inherited metabolic disorders | [•Unwell neonate•], [•6 week check•] |
innocent murmur | [•Infant or child with a murmur•] |
insect bites | [•Facial swelling and itchy rash•] |
insomnia | [•Alcohol and drug dependence disorders•], [•Daytime sleepiness•] |
intellectual disability | [•Disruptive behaviour disorder•] |
intentional overdose in older child or adolescent | [•Overdose in a child or adolescent•] |
intercurrent infection (upper respiratory tract infection, lower respiratory tract infection, urinary tract infection) | [•Chronic illness in paediatrics•] |
intercurrent infections | [•Child or adolescent with a headache•] |
internal hordeolum/chalazion | [•Child with red swelling around one eye•] |
interstitial nephritis | [•Chronic kidney disease / asymptomatic worsening renal function•] |
intertrigo | [•Rest home resident with itching and rash•] |
intestinal lymphangiectasia | [•Child with generalised swelling•] |
intestinal obstruction | [•Acute abdominal pain in children and adolescents•] |
intestinal pathogens | [•Febrile returning traveller•] |
intimate partner violence | [•Intimate Partner Violence•] |
intoxications | [•Agitated and combative patient•] |
intra-abdominal sepsis | [•Bowel obstruction•] |
intracerebral haemorrhage | [•Head trauma•] |
intracranial aneurysm | [•Diplopia•] |
intracranial bleeding | [•Child or adolescent with a headache•] |
intracranial haemorrhage | [•Neck injury•], [•Epilepsy / seizure•], [•Alcohol and drug dependence disorders•], [•Penetrating chest trauma•] |
intracranial neoplasia | [•Sudden onset severe headache•] |
intracranial space-occupying lesion | [•Stroke / TIA / sudden onset unilateral weakness•] |
intracranial trauma (cranial nerve IV particularly) | [•Diplopia•] |
intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin | [•Reactive arthritis•] |
intussusception | [•Bowel obstruction•], [•Irritable infant•], [•Abdominal or inguinal lump•], [•Acute abdominal pain in children and adolescents•], [•Infant with vomiting and diarrhoea•] |
iron deficiency | [•Anaemia•] |
irritable bowel syndrome | [•Chronic bowel motility problems•], [•Anxiety disorder•], [•Chronic upper abdominal symptoms•] |
irritant contact dermatitis | [•Adult eczema•] |
ischaemic bowel | [•Postoperative complications•], [•Rectal bleeding•] |
ischaemic heart disease | [•Clinical audit•], [•Pre-admission and surgical risk assessment•], [•Anxiety disorder•] |
jetlag and other disorders of chronobiology | [•Daytime sleepiness•] |
juvenile chronic arthritis | [•Child with sore joints•] |
juvenile haemochromatosis | [•Haemochromatosis•] |
juvenile myoclonic epilepsy | [•Epilepsy / seizure•] |
juvenile rheumatoid arthritis | [•Osteomyelitis•] |
Kallman's syndrome | [•Amenorrhoea•], [•Infertility•] |
Kaposi sarcoma | [•Fever and adenopathy•] |
Kawasaki disease | [•Febrile infant•] |
keratitis | [•Acute or chronic red eye•] |
ketoconazole use | [•Adrenal crisis•] |
knee dislocation | [•Knee injury•] |
knee ligament sprains | [•Knee injury•] |
labyrinthitis | [•Dizziness and vertigo•] |
lactic acidosis | [•Acute presentation of diabetes mellitus•] |
laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma | [•Compromised airway•], [•Upper airway disease•] |
laryngeal web | [•Neonatal stridor•] |
laryngitis | [•Upper airway disease•] |
laryngomalacia | [•Neonatal stridor•], [•6 week check•] |
late-onset muscular dystrophies | [•Neuromuscular disease / generalised muscle weakness•] |
lead poisoning | [•Infant or child with pallor•], [•Neuromuscular disease / generalised muscle weakness•], [•Disruptive behaviour disorder•] |
leaking abdominal aortic aneurysm | [•Non-specific back pain•] |
left ventricular failure | [•Daytime sleepiness•] |
leptospirosis | [•Febrile returning traveller•] |
leukaemia and other malignancies | [•Infant or child with pallor•], [•Infant or child with easy bruising•] |
leukocoria (must have red reflex to exclude retinoblastoma) | [•Infant or child with strabismus•] |
Lewy body dementia | [•Delirium / dementia•], [•Dementia / disturbance of memory / cognitive function•] |
lichen simplex chronicus | [•Adult eczema•], [•Rash on extensor surfaces and joint pains•] |
lifestyle factors (e.g. caffeine intake) | [•Urinary incontinence in women•] |
lipoma | [•Neck lump•], [•Musculoskeletal lump•], [•Groin lump•], [•Breast lump and screening•] |
liquorice use | [•Secondary hypertension•] |
lithium use | [•Hypothyroidism•] |
liver abscess | [•Patient with jaundice•], [•Acute abdominal pain•] |
liver disease | [•Haemochromatosis•] |
liver metastases | [•Patient with jaundice•] |
localised scleroderma (morphoea) | [•Painful hands in the cold•] |
lochia | [•Postpartum care•] |
low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion | [•Abnormal cervical smear result•] |
lower respiratory tract infection (including pneumonia and bronchiolitis) | [•Child with respiratory distress•] |
Ludwig's angina | [•Compromised airway•] |
lumbar disc prolapse | [•Non-specific back pain•] |
lumbar spinal stenosis | [•Chronic limb pain•] |
lunate dislocation | [•Hand injury•] |
lung abscess | [•Pneumonia•] |
lung cancer | [•Haemoptysis and abnormal chest X-ray•], [•Pneumonia•] |
Lyme disease | [•Eating disorders•], [•Medically unexplained physical symptoms•], [•Alcohol and drug dependence disorders•], [•Major depressive episode•] |
lymphadenitis | [•Neck lump•] |
lymphadenopathy (malignant) | [•Musculoskeletal lump•] |
lymphadenopathy (reactive) | [•Neck lump•], [•Musculoskeletal lump•], [•Groin lump•] |
lymphocele | [•Groin lump•] |
lymphocytic hypophysitis | [•Panhypopituitarism•] |
lymphoedema | [•Deep vein thrombosis•] |
lymphoma | [•SLE / fatigue / pain and swelling in the hands•], [•Groin lump•], [•Lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly•], [•Fever and adenopathy•], [•Adult with abdominal mass•], [•Abdominal or inguinal lump•], [•Dementia / disturbance of memory / cognitive function•] |
major depressive disorder | [•Major depressive episode•] |
malabsorption | [•Chronic abdominal pain in children and adolescents•], [•Diarrhoea•] |
malaria | [•Febrile returning traveller•] |
malignancy | [•Fracture•], [•Child with sore joints•], [•Acute abdominal pain•], [•Child with abnormal gait•] |
malignant hyperpyrexia | [•Preoperative assessment and management•] |
malignant hypertension | [•Stroke / TIA / sudden onset unilateral weakness•] |
malignant/necrotising otitis externa | [•Glue ear•] |
malingering | [•Medically unexplained physical symptoms•], [•Anxiety disorder•] |
Mallory-Weiss tear | [•Upper gastrointestinal bleeding•] |
malnutrition | [•Pre-admission and surgical risk assessment•] |
malrotation | [•Chronic abdominal pain in children and adolescents•] |
Marfan syndrome | [•Family with a genetic disorder•] |
massive haemorrhage | [•Unexplained loss of consciousness•] |
massive rhabomyolysis | [•Acute presentation of diabetes mellitus•] |
massive/submassive pulmonary embolism | [•Out of hospital cardiac arrest•] |
mastitis | [•Breast lump and screening•] |
mastocytosis | [•Menopause•] |
mastoiditis | [•Glue ear•] |
maternal depression/stress | [•6 week check•] |
maternal sepsis | [•Diabetes in pregnancy•], [•Late pregnancy complications•], [•Labour•] |
MDMA (ecstasy) abuse | [•Alcohol and drug dependence disorders•] |
measles | [•Hearing loss•], [•Febrile infant•] |
meconium aspiration syndrome | [•Labour•] |
meconium exposure | [•Labour•] |
medically unexplained physical symptoms (somatoform disorder) | [•Eating disorders•] |
medication (warfarin, hormone therapy, tamoxifen) | [•Postmenopausal bleeding•] |
medication-related somnolence | [•Daytime sleepiness•] |
medications | [•Menopause•], [•Infertility•] |
medullary sponge kidney | [•Diabetes insipidus•] |
medulloblastomas | [•Space occupying lesion / progressive unilateral weakness•] |
melanoma | [•Groin lump•], [•Skin tumours•] |
membranous nephropathy | [•Acute kidney injury•] |
Ménière's disease | [•Hearing loss•], [•Dizziness and vertigo•] |
meningioma | [•Panhypopituitarism•], [•Hearing loss•] |
meningitis | [•Unexplained loss of consciousness•], [•Sudden onset severe headache•], [•Falls and collapses•], [•Unwell neonate•], [•Alcohol and drug dependence disorders•], [•Irritable infant•], [•Altered level of consciousness in a child•], [•Altered level of consciousness in a child•], [•Hearing loss•], [•Agitated and combative patient•], [•Child or adolescent with a headache•], [•Febrile infant•], [•Infant with vomiting and diarrhoea•] |
meningitis and sequelae including hearing loss and hydrocephalus | [•Congenital hearing loss•] |
meningococcaemia | [•Infant or child with easy bruising•], [•Febrile infant•] |
meniscal tear | [•Knee injury•], [•Knee pain•] |
mental health (stress, depression or anxiety) | [•Non-specific back pain•] |
Merkel cell carcinoma | [•Skin tumours•] |
mesenteric adenitis | [•Acute abdominal pain in children and adolescents•] |
mesenteric ischaemia | [•Rectal bleeding•] |
metabolic (e.g. hypercalaemia) | [•Urinary incontinence in women•] |
metabolic disorders | [•Infant with jaundice•], [•Infant or child with a murmur•], [•Altered level of consciousness in a child•] |
metabolic syndrome | [•Haemochromatosis•], [•Diabetes in pregnancy•], [•Risk assessment in early pregnancy•], [•Obesity•] |
metacarpal fracture | [•Hand injury•] |
metastases | [•Adrenal crisis•], [•Panhypopituitarism•], [•Lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly•] |
metastatic bone disease | [•Musculoskeletal lump•] |
metastatic cancer | [•Neck lump•], [•Groin lump•] |
metastatic cancer from non-gynaecological primary | [•Postmenopausal bleeding•] |
metastatic cancer with bone marrow infiltration | [•Anaemia•] |
methaemoglobinaemia | [•Polycythaemia•] |
methamphetamine overdose | [•Self-harm•] |
methanol or formaldehyde poisoning | [•Acute presentation of diabetes mellitus•] |
methanol poisoning | [•Self-harm•] |
mid-dilated pupil in acute angle closure glaucoma | [•Pupil abnormality•] |
migraine | [•Sudden onset severe headache•], [•Stroke / TIA / sudden onset unilateral weakness•], [•Dizziness and vertigo•], [•Headache•], [•Child or adolescent with a headache•] |
minimal change disease | [•Acute kidney injury•] |
miscarriage (threatened, recurrent, spontaneous, complete or incomplete) | [•Heavy menstrual periods•], [•Gynaecological abdominal pain•], [•Pregnancy diagnosis•] |
mitral regurgitation | [•Valvular heart disease•] |
mitral stenosis | [•Valvular heart disease•], [•Arrhythmias•] |
mitral valve prolapse | [•Valvular heart disease•] |
mixed connective tissue disease | [•Painful hands in the cold•] |
molar pregnancy | [•Gynaecological abdominal pain•], [•Pregnancy diagnosis•] |
monogenic diabetes mellitus | [•Type 2 diabetes mellitus•] |
motion sickness | [•Dizziness and vertigo•] |
motor neuron disease | [•Neuromuscular disease / generalised muscle weakness•] |
multifocal atrial tachycardia | [•Arrhythmias•] |
multinodular goitre | [•Neck lump•] |
multiple cerebral infarct | [•Tremor and parkinsonism•] |
multiple myeloma | [•Headache, morning stiffness and shoulder pain•], [•Knee pain•] |
multiple pregnancy | [•Pregnancy diagnosis•] |
multiple sclerosis | [•Urinary incontinence in women•], [•Neuromuscular disease / generalised muscle weakness•], [•Self-harm•], [•Eating disorders•], [•Bipolar affective disorder•], [•Medically unexplained physical symptoms•], [•Stroke / TIA / sudden onset unilateral weakness•], [•Acute psychosis•], [•Delirium / dementia•], [•Space occupying lesion / progressive unilateral weakness•], [•Hearing loss•], [•Dizziness and vertigo•], [•Major depressive episode•] |
multiple squamous cell carcinoma in situ | [•Rash on extensor surfaces and joint pains•] |
multiple superficial spreading basal cell cancers | [•Rash on extensor surfaces and joint pains•] |
multiple system atrophy | [•Tremor and parkinsonism•] |
mumps | [•Hearing loss•] |
Munchausen syndrome | [•Medically unexplained physical symptoms•] |
Munchausen syndrome by proxy | [•Medically unexplained physical symptoms•] |
muscle cramps | [•Chronic limb pain•] |
muscle injury | [•Chronic limb pain•] |
muscular dystrophies | [•Child with abnormal gait•], [•Dysphagia•] |
myasthenia gravis | [•Diplopia•], [•Neuromuscular disease / generalised muscle weakness•] |
mycobacterial infection | [•Lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly•] |
myelodysplastic syndrome | [•Pancytopenia•] |
myelofibrosis | [•Pancytopenia•] |
myeloma | [•Pancytopenia•], [•Hypercalcaemia and back pain•], [•Chronic kidney disease / asymptomatic worsening renal function•] |
myocardial infarction | [•Out of hospital cardiac arrest•], [•Acute abdominal pain•] |
myocarditis | [•Fever and a new murmur•], [•Out of hospital cardiac arrest•], [•Heart failure•] |
myositis | [•Osteomyelitis•] |
myositis associated with neoplasia | [•Headache, morning stiffness and shoulder pain•] |
myositis ossificans | [•Knee injury•], [•Musculoskeletal lump•] |
myxoedema coma | [•Unexplained loss of consciousness•] |
naevus | [•Skin tumours•] |
narcissistic personality disorder | [•Personality disorder•] |
narcolepsy | [•Daytime sleepiness•] |
nasal polyp | [•Epistaxis•] |
nasopharyngeal carcinoma | [•Epistaxis•] |
necrotising fasciitis | [•Osteomyelitis•] |
necrotising/malignant otitis externa | [•Hearing loss•] |
necrotizing fasciitis | [•Skin and soft tissue infection•], [•Acutely painful limb•], [•Deep vein thrombosis•] |
neonatal death | [•Labour•] |
neonatal sepsis | [•Unwell neonate•] |
nephroblastoma (Wilms tumour) | [•Abdominal or inguinal lump•] |
nephrocalcinosis | [•Chronic kidney disease / asymptomatic worsening renal function•] |
nephrogenic diabetes insipidus | [•Diabetes insipidus•] |
nephrolithiasis | [•Chronic kidney disease / asymptomatic worsening renal function•] |
nephrotic syndrome | [•Child with generalised swelling•], [•Heart failure•] |
nerve/vascular laceration | [•Hand injury•] |
neuorofibroma | [•Child with red swelling around one eye•] |
neural tube defects | [•Fetal health•] |
neuroblastoma | [•Abdominal or inguinal lump•] |
neurofibromatosis | [•Family with a genetic disorder•] |
neurogenic bladder | [•Child with disorder of elimination•] |
neurogenic pulmonary oedema | [•Heart failure•] |
neurologic event | [•Fracture•] |
neurological disorders (multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis) | [•Dysphagia•] |
neuroma | [•Groin lump•] |
neuromuscular disorders | [•Daytime sleepiness•] |
neuropathic and regional pain syndromes | [•Chronic illness in paediatrics•] |
neurosarcoidosis | [•Panhypopituitarism•] |
noise-induced hearing loss | [•Hearing loss•] |
non accidental injury (traumatic perforation or organ laceration) | [•Acute abdominal pain in children and adolescents•] |
non accidental injury/head trauma | [•Altered level of consciousness in a child•] |
non-accidental injury | [•Infant or child with easy bruising•], [•Superficial injuries•], [•Fracture•], [•Irritable infant•], [•Child with sore joints•], [•Child with abnormal gait•] |
non-accidental injury and neglect | [•Chronic illness in paediatrics•] |
non-alcoholic fatty liver disease | [•Haemochromatosis•], [•Obesity•], [•Chronic liver disease•] |
non-bacterial endocarditis | [•Fever and a new murmur•] |
non-specific low back pain | [•Non-specific back pain•] |
non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use | [•Chronic upper abdominal symptoms•] |
normal baby | [•Fetal health•] |
normal birth | [•Labour•] |
normal birth transition | [•Labour•] |
normal breast tissue | [•Breast lump and screening•] |
normal infant crying ('reflux') | [•6 week check•] |
normal infant/ infantile colic/reflux | [•Irritable infant•] |
normal labour | [•Labour•] |
normal menopause and perimenopause | [•Menopause•] |
normal pressure hydrocephalus | [•Bipolar affective disorder•], [•Hip fracture•], [•Acute psychosis•], [•Dementia / disturbance of memory / cognitive function•] |
normal/abnormal newborn behaviour | [•6 week check•] |
norovirus | [•Diarrhoea•] |
nutritional/exogenous obesity | [•Osteomyelitis•] |
obesity | [•Pre-admission and surgical risk assessment•], [•Childhood obesity•], [•Type 2 diabetes mellitus•] |
obesity hypoventilation syndrome | [•Polycythaemia•], [•Daytime sleepiness•] |
obesity leading to secondary problems with mobility/pressure areas | [•Chronic illness in paediatrics•] |
obsessive-compulsive personality disorder | [•Eating disorders•], [•Anxiety disorder•], [•Personality disorder•], [•Major depressive episode•] |
obstructive sleep apnoea | [•Polycythaemia•], [•Obesity•], [•Secondary hypertension•], [•Alcohol and drug dependence disorders•], [•Daytime sleepiness•], [•Headache•], [•Major depressive episode•] |
obturator hernia | [•Groin lump•] |
occult bacterial infection | [•Febrile returning traveller•] |
occupational lung disease | [•Worsening shortness of breath•] |
ocular cicatricial pemphigoid | [•Acute or chronic red eye•] |
oedematous states (cirrhosis, heart failure, nephrotic syndrome) | [•Hyponatraemia•] |
oesophageal candidiasis | [•Dysphagia•] |
oesophageal carcinoma | [•Upper gastrointestinal bleeding•], [•Dysphagia•] |
oesophageal rupture | [•Acute chest pain•] |
oesophageal ulcer | [•Upper gastrointestinal bleeding•] |
oesophageal varices | [•Upper gastrointestinal bleeding•] |
oesophageal web | [•Dysphagia•] |
oesophagitis | [•Upper gastrointestinal bleeding•] |
oligoazoospermia | [•Infertility•] |
Opacity in infant:
Chorioretinal colobomas | [•Infant with an altered light reflex and watery eye•] |
Opacity in infant:
Congenital cataract | [•Infant with an altered light reflex and watery eye•] |
open fractures | [•Hand injury•] |
operative birth (ventouse, forceps) | [•Labour•] |
opioid abuse | [•Alcohol and drug dependence disorders•], [•Alcohol and drug dependence disorders•] |
opioid overdose | [•Self-harm•] |
opioid toxicity | [•Delirium / dementia•] |
oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) | [•Disruptive behaviour disorder•] |
optic neuritis | [•Sudden painless loss of vision•] |
orbital cellulitis | [•Child with red swelling around one eye•] |
orbital trauma/blow-out fracture | [•Diplopia•] |
orchitis (especially mumps) | [•Acute severe testicular pain•] |
organ failure (liver, renal, Reyes syndrome) | [•Altered level of consciousness in a child•] |
organophosphate poisoning | [•Self-harm•] |
oropharyngeal abnormalities | [•Daytime sleepiness•] |
orthopaedic deformity | [•Child with abnormal gait•] |
orthostatic hypotension | [•Arrhythmias•] |
Osgood-Schlatter disease | [•Osteomyelitis•] |
osteoarthritis | [•Headache, morning stiffness and shoulder pain•], [•Menopause•], [•Chronic limb pain•], [•Gout / acute pain and swelling of knee•], [•Swollen and tender joints•], [•Regional limb pain•], [•Acutely painful limb•], [•Knee pain•] |
osteochondral fracture | [•Knee injury•] |
osteogenesis imperfecta | [•Fracture•] |
osteolytic metastases (particularly breast and lung cancer) | [•Hypercalcaemia and back pain•] |
osteomalacia | [•Hip fracture•] |
osteomyelitis | [•Fracture•], [•Osteomyelitis•], [•Child with sore joints•], [•Child with abnormal gait•], [•Febrile infant•] |
osteopenia | [•Menopause•] |
osteoporosis | [•Menopause•] |
osteoporotic fracture | [•Hip fracture•] |
osteosarcoma | [•Musculoskeletal lump•] |
ostium secundum and sinus venosus | [•Valvular heart disease•] |
other causes of fever including malignancy and connective tissue disease | [•Febrile returning traveller•] |
other causes of hypoalbuminaemia | [•Child with generalised swelling•] |
other causes of postoperative fever (including atelectasis, deep venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolus, drug reaction) | [•Postoperative complications•] |
other hand/wrist fractures including scaphoid and Bennett's fracture | [•Hand injury•] |
other infection leading to septic collapse and/or seizure | [•Altered level of consciousness in a child•] |
other inherited coagulation and platelet abnormalities | [•Infant or child with easy bruising•] |
other multi-trauma injuries | [•Neck injury•] |
other serious infection | [•Irritable infant•] |
other tumours e.g. choroidal haemangioma | [•Infant with an altered light reflex and watery eye•] |
otitis externa | [•Hearing loss•], [•Glue ear•] |
otitis media with effusion | [•Congenital hearing loss•], [•Glue ear•] |
otosclerosis | [•Hearing loss•] |
ototoxic drugs (including herbal remedies) | [•Congenital hearing loss•], [•Dizziness and vertigo•] |
outbreak diarrhoea from community water or food contamination | [•Infant with vomiting and diarrhoea•] |
ovarian carcinoma | [•Heavy menstrual periods•], [•Adult with abdominal mass•], [•Postmenopausal bleeding•], [•Chronic upper abdominal symptoms•] |
ovarian cyst | [•Adult with abdominal mass•] |
ovarian cyst accident (torsion, rupture, haemorrhage) | [•Gynaecological abdominal pain•], [•Acute abdominal pain•] |
overdose | [•Unexplained loss of consciousness•], [•Out of hospital cardiac arrest•] |
overdose (paracetamol; aspirin; beta-blockers; calcium channel blockers; digoxin; warfarin; opioids; tricyclic antidepressants) | [•Accidental overdose•] |
Paget's disease | [•Hip fracture•], [•Hearing loss•] |
pain disorder | [•Medically unexplained physical symptoms•] |
pain from contractures or undiagnosed fractures and other orthopaedic causes (e.g. back pain from scoliosis, hip subluxation) | [•Chronic illness in paediatrics•] |
pain syndrome | [•Regional limb pain•] |
palindromic rheumatism | [•Swollen and tender joints•] |
pancreatic adenocarcinoma | [•Patient with jaundice•] |
pancreatic insufficiency | [•Chronic bowel motility problems•] |
pancreatic insufficiency (cystic fibrosis) | [•Eating disorders•] |
pancreatitis | [•Chronic abdominal pain in children and adolescents•], [•Alcohol and drug dependence disorders•], [•Late pregnancy complications•], [•Non-specific back pain•], [•Heart failure•], [•Acute abdominal pain•], [•Chronic upper abdominal symptoms•] |
panhypopituitarism | [•Amenorrhoea•], [•Panhypopituitarism•], [•Infertility•] |
panic attack | [•Acute chest pain•] |
panic disorder | [•Alcohol and drug dependence disorders•], [•Anxiety disorder•] |
papilloma | [•Breast lump and screening•] |
paracetamol overdose | [•Self-harm•] |
paraldehyde | [•Acute presentation of diabetes mellitus•] |
paraneoplastic disease | [•Swollen and tender joints•] |
paraneoplastic syndrome | [•Bipolar affective disorder•], [•Acute psychosis•] |
paranoid personality disorder | [•Personality disorder•] |
parapneumonic effusion/empyema | [•Pneumonia•] |
paratonsillar abscess | [•Upper airway disease•] |
Parental extreme anxiety around allergy | [•Food allergy in paediatrics•] |
parenteral nutrition | [•Hypercalcaemia and back pain•] |
Parkinson's disease | [•Falls and collapses•], [•Tremor and parkinsonism•], [•Hip fracture•], [•Delirium / dementia•], [•Dementia / disturbance of memory / cognitive function•], [•Dysphagia•], [•Major depressive episode•] |
Parkinson's Plus syndromes | [•Delirium / dementia•] |
parvovirus | [•Infant with jaundice•] |
parvovirus B19 | [•Pancytopenia•] |
passive-aggressive (negativistic) personality disorder | [•Personality disorder•] |
patella dislocation | [•Knee injury•] |
patella fracture | [•Knee injury•] |
patent ductus arteriosus | [•Valvular heart disease•] |
pathologic fracture | [•Knee injury•] |
pathological fracture | [•Knee pain•] |
pathological fracture secondary to bone malignancy or metastatic disease | [•Hip fracture•] |
PCOS | [•Obesity•] |
peau d'orange | [•Breast lump and screening•] |
pelvic abnormalities (obstructed labour) | [•Labour•] |
pelvic inflammatory disease | [•Heavy menstrual periods•], [•Gynaecological abdominal pain•], [•Acute abdominal pain•] |
pelvoureteric junction (PUJ) obstruction | [•Abdominal or inguinal lump•] |
pemphigus vulgaris | [•Blisters•] |
penetrating injury | [•Superficial injuries•] |
peptic ulcer disease | [•Bowel obstruction•], [•Chronic abdominal pain in children and adolescents•], [•Upper gastrointestinal bleeding•], [•Acute abdominal pain•], [•Chronic upper abdominal symptoms•] |
perforated viscus | [•Bowel obstruction•], [•Flank pain and dysuria•] |
perforation | [•Postoperative complications•] |
perianal abscess | [•Perianal pathology•] |
pericarditis | [•Fever and a new murmur•], [•Out of hospital cardiac arrest•], [•Acute chest pain•], [•Acute abdominal pain•] |
perimenopause | [•Heavy menstrual periods•] |
perineal trauma | [•Labour•] |
perineal trauma (post catheter insertion, post-procedure including rectal examination, sexual activity) | [•Elevation of prostate-specific antigen•] |
peripheral neuropathy | [•Chronic limb pain•] |
peripheral vascular disease | [•Chronic limb pain•], [•Pre-admission and surgical risk assessment•], [•Deep vein thrombosis•] |
peripheral vascular trauma | [•Acutely painful limb•] |
peritonitis | [•Acute abdominal pain in children and adolescents•], [•Postoperative complications•] |
peritonsillar abscess/quinsy | [•Compromised airway•], [•Upper respiratory tract symptoms•], [•Sore throat management in the New Zealand context•] |
pernicious anaemia | [•Anaemia•], [•Chronic upper abdominal symptoms•] |
persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous | [•Infant with an altered light reflex and watery eye•] |
persistent pulmonary hypertension | [•Infant or child with a murmur•] |
personality disorder | [•Anxiety disorder•] |
Perthes disease | [•Osteomyelitis•] |
pervasive developmental disorder | [•Disruptive behaviour disorder•] |
phaeochromocytoma | [•Secondary hypertension•], [•Stroke / TIA / sudden onset unilateral weakness•], [•Anxiety disorder•] |
pharyngeal pouch | [•Neck lump•], [•Dysphagia•] |
pharyngitis | [•Fever and headache•], [•Upper respiratory tract symptoms•], [•Dysphagia•] |
phenylketonuria | [•Family with a genetic disorder•] |
pheochromocytoma | [•Menopause•] |
physiological and active third stage | [•Labour•] |
physiological anisocoria (physiological difference in pupil size) | [•Pupil abnormality•] |
pilonidal sinus | [•Perianal pathology•] |
pituitary adenoma | [•Panhypopituitarism•] |
pituitary apoplexy | [•Panhypopituitarism•] |
placenta praevia | [•Vaginal bleeding late in pregnancy•] |
placental abruption | [•Late pregnancy complications•], [•Vaginal bleeding late in pregnancy•] |
platelet defects | [•Heavy menstrual periods•] |
pleuritis | [•Acute chest pain•] |
pneumonia | [•Unwell neonate•], [•Pre-admission and surgical risk assessment•], [•Heart failure•], [•Upper respiratory tract symptoms•] |
pneumonia (lower lobe) | [•Acute abdominal pain in children and adolescents•] |
pneumothorax | [•Unwell neonate•], [•Acute chest pain•], [•Heart failure•], [•Chronic shortness of breath•] |
POEMS syndrome | [•Painful hands in the cold•] |
polyarteritis nodosa | [•Epilepsy / seizure•] |
polyarticular gout | [•Swollen and tender joints•] |
polycystic ovarian syndrome | [•Amenorrhoea•], [•Diabetes in pregnancy•], [•Pimples and rash on the face•], [•Infertility•], [•Pregnancy diagnosis•] |
polycythaemia vera | [•Polycythaemia•], [•Headache•], [•Deep vein thrombosis•] |
polymorphic ventricular tachycardia | [•Arrhythmias•] |
polymyalgia rheumatica | [•Headache, morning stiffness and shoulder pain•], [•Sudden loss of vision and headache•], [•Painful hands in the cold•], [•Swollen and tender joints•] |
polymyositis | [•SLE / fatigue / pain and swelling in the hands•], [•Painful hands in the cold•], [•Chronic limb pain•] |
poor progress in labour | [•Labour•] |
popliteal aneurysm | [•Acutely painful limb•] |
popliteal artery injury | [•Knee injury•] |
porphyria | [•Haemochromatosis•], [•Neuromuscular disease / generalised muscle weakness•], [•Bipolar affective disorder•], [•Medically unexplained physical symptoms•], [•Gross haematuria•], [•Acute psychosis•], [•Acute abdominal pain•] |
post-coital headache | [•Sudden onset severe headache•] |
post-concussion syndrome | [•Head trauma•] |
post-electrocution dislocation | [•Dislocated joint•] |
post-general anaesthetic confusion | [•Delirium / dementia•] |
post-ictal dislocation | [•Dislocated joint•] |
post-neurosurgery | [•Panhypopituitarism•] |
post-operative deep vein thrombosis (DVT) | [•Knee pain•] |
post-radioactive iodine hypothyroidism | [•Hypothyroidism•] |
post-radiotherapy | [•Panhypopituitarism•] |
post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis | [•Gross haematuria•] |
post-traumatic brain injury | [•Panhypopituitarism•] |
post-traumatic stress disorder | [•Anxiety disorder•], [•Personality disorder•], [•Major depressive episode•] |
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) | [•Bipolar affective disorder•] |
posterior cruciate injury | [•Knee injury•] |
posterior shoulder instability / dislocation | [•Dislocated joint•] |
posterior sternoclavicular joint dislocation | [•Regional limb pain•] |
postnatal depression | [•Postpartum care•] |
postnatal depression/anxiety | [•Irritable infant•] |
postoperative ileus | [•Postoperative complications•] |
postpartum haemorrhage | [•Labour•] |
postpartum thyroiditis | [•Hyperthyroidism•], [•Hypothyroidism•] |
postural hypotension | [•Falls and collapses•], [•Hip fracture•] |
Prader Willi/Angelman syndromes | [•Family with a genetic disorder•] |
pre-eclampsia | [•Late pregnancy complications•] |
prebullous pemphigoid | [•Rest home resident with itching and rash•] |
precocious puberty | [•Child with abnormal puberty•] |
preeclampsia | [•Risk assessment in early pregnancy•] |
pregnancy | [•Dysuria•], [•Pregnancy diagnosis•], [•Chronic upper abdominal symptoms•] |
pregnancy induced hypertension | [•Risk assessment in early pregnancy•], [•Late pregnancy complications•] |
premature ovarian failure | [•Menopause•] |
prematurity | [•Congenital hearing loss•] |
presbyucsis | [•Hearing loss•] |
preseptal (periorbital) cellulitis | [•Child with red swelling around one eye•] |
preterm birth | [•Late pregnancy complications•] |
preterm labour | [•Late pregnancy complications•], [•Vaginal bleeding late in pregnancy•] |
primary and secondary Raynaud's phenomenon | [•Painful hands in the cold•] |
primary biliary cirrhosis | [•Patient with jaundice•], [•Chronic liver disease•] |
primary central nervous system lymphoma | [•Space occupying lesion / progressive unilateral weakness•] |
primary hyperaldersteronism | [•Secondary hypertension•] |
primary insomnia | [•Anxiety disorder•] |
primary nocturnal enuresis | [•Child with disorder of elimination•] |
primary ovarian failure | [•Amenorrhoea•] |
primary ovarian insufficiency | [•Infertility•] |
primary peritoneal and fallopian tube carcinomas | [•Postmenopausal bleeding•] |
primary polydipsia | [•Hyponatraemia•], [•Diabetes insipidus•] |
primary sclerosing cholangitis | [•Chronic liver disease•] |
primary tumour (glioma, meningioma) | [•Space occupying lesion / progressive unilateral weakness•] |
progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy | [•Dementia / disturbance of memory / cognitive function•] |
progressive respiratory failure | [•Chronic illness in paediatrics•] |
progressive supranuclear palsy | [•Tremor and parkinsonism•], [•Hip fracture•] |
prolactinaemia | [•Pregnancy diagnosis•] |
prolactinoma | [•Amenorrhoea•], [•Infertility•], [•Major depressive episode•] |
prostate adenocarcinoma | [•Elevation of prostate-specific antigen•] |
prostate cancer | [•Acute kidney injury•] |
prostatic hypertrophy | [•Chronic kidney disease / asymptomatic worsening renal function•] |
prostatitis | [•Elevation of prostate-specific antigen•] |
protein C/S deficiency | [•Deep vein thrombosis•] |
pseudo-obstruction | [•Bowel obstruction•], [•Postoperative complications•] |
pseudohyponatraemia | [•Hyponatraemia•] |
pseudomembranous colitis | [•Rectal bleeding•] |
pseudostrabismus | [•Infant or child with strabismus•] |
pseudotumour cerebri | [•Space occupying lesion / progressive unilateral weakness•] |
psoas abcess | [•Non-specific back pain•] |
psoriasis | [•Rash on extensor surfaces and joint pains•] |
psoriatic arthritis | [•Inflammatory low back pain•], [•Gout / acute pain and swelling of knee•], [•Swollen and tender joints•], [•Reactive arthritis•], [•Child with sore joints•] |
psychogenic non-epileptic seizures | [•Epilepsy / seizure•] |
psychological | [•Urinary incontinence in women•] |
psychosis of any cause | [•Anxiety disorder•], [•Agitated and combative patient•] |
PTH-related peptide secreting tumour (particularly breast and lung cancer) | [•Hypercalcaemia and back pain•] |
pubic rami fracture | [•Hip fracture•] |
puerperal psychosis | [•Postpartum care•] |
puerperal sepsis | [•Postpartum care•] |
pulled (dislocated) elbow | [•Fracture•] |
pulmonary contusion | [•Penetrating chest trauma•] |
pulmonary embolism | [•Unexplained loss of consciousness•], [•Postpartum care•], [•Pre-admission and surgical risk assessment•], [•Preoperative assessment and management•], [•Out of hospital cardiac arrest•], [•Acute chest pain•], [•Sudden onset shortness of breath•], [•Heart failure•], [•Deep vein thrombosis•] |
pulmonary fibrosis | [•Pre-admission and surgical risk assessment•], [•Heart failure•] |
pulmonary hypertension | [•Pre-admission and surgical risk assessment•] |
pulmonary hypertension (primary, secondary to pulmonary embolus) | [•Chronic shortness of breath•] |
pulmonary hypertension of the newborn | [•Labour•] |
pulmonary laceration | [•Penetrating chest trauma•] |
pulmonary regurgitation | [•Valvular heart disease•] |
pulmonary stenosis | [•Valvular heart disease•] |
pulseless electrical activity | [•Out of hospital cardiac arrest•] |
pustular psoriasis | [•Rash on extensor surfaces and joint pains•] |
pyelonephritis | [•Flank pain and dysuria•], [•Non-specific back pain•], [•Acute abdominal pain in children and adolescents•], [•Acute abdominal pain•] |
pyloric stenosis | [•Bowel obstruction•], [•Infant with vomiting and diarrhoea•] |
pyonephrosis | [•Flank pain and dysuria•] |
pyrexia of unknown origin | [•Fever and adenopathy•] |
pyschosocial deprivation (maternal depression, disturbed maternal-infant interaction, neglect) | [•Failure to thrive•] |
quadriceps tendon rupture | [•Knee injury•] |
radiation burns | [•Burns•] |
radiation proctitis | [•Rectal bleeding•] |
radiculopathy | [•Acute chest pain•] |
radiotherapy toxicity | [•Menopause•] |
raised intracranial pressure | [•Unexplained loss of consciousness•], [•Altered level of consciousness in a child•], [•Infant with vomiting and diarrhoea•] |
Ramsey Hunt syndrome | [•Dizziness and vertigo•] |
ranula | [•Neck lump•] |
rare causes of SIADH including ADH-secreting tumours and chemotherapy agents | [•Hyponatraemia•] |
reactive arthritis | [•Inflammatory low back pain•], [•Swollen and tender joints•], [•Reactive arthritis•] |
reactive arthritis (post-infectious) | [•Child with sore joints•] |
reactive or inflammatory arthritis | [•Knee pain•] |
rectal varices | [•Rectal bleeding•] |
recurrent acute otitis media | [•Congenital hearing loss•] |
recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy | [•Upper airway disease•] |
recurrent skin infection particularly furunculosis | [•Itching child•] |
recurrent urinary tract infection | [•Child with disorder of elimination•] |
red cell aplasia | [•Pancytopenia•], [•Anaemia•] |
referred abdominal pain | [•Regional limb pain•] |
referred cardiac pain | [•Regional limb pain•] |
renal artery embolus | [•Flank pain and dysuria•] |
renal calculi | [•Flank pain and dysuria•], [•Late pregnancy complications•], [•Acute kidney injury•], [•Acute severe testicular pain•], [•Acute abdominal pain•] |
renal cell carcinoma | [•Polycythaemia•], [•Gross haematuria•] |
renal disease | [•Risk assessment in early pregnancy•], [•Anaemia•] |
renal infarction | [•Acute abdominal pain•] |
renal papillary necrosis | [•Flank pain and dysuria•] |
renal tubular acidosis types 1 and 2 | [•Acute presentation of diabetes mellitus•] |
renal vein thrombosis | [•Flank pain and dysuria•] |
renovascular disease | [•Chronic kidney disease / asymptomatic worsening renal function•] |
respiratory distress syndrome | [•Unwell neonate•], [•Infant or child with a murmur•] |
restless leg syndrome | [•Daytime sleepiness•] |
retained placenta or tissue/clots | [•Labour•] |
retained product of conception | [•Postpartum care•] |
retinal detachment | [•Sudden painless loss of vision•] |
retinoblastoma | [•Infant with an altered light reflex and watery eye•] |
retinoblastoma (red reflex eye examination) | [•6 week check•] |
retinopathy of prematurity and its stages | [•Infant with an altered light reflex and watery eye•] |
retractile testes | [•Abdominal or inguinal lump•] |
retrobulbar haemorrhage | [•Child with red swelling around one eye•] |
retroperitoneal fibrosis | [•Acute kidney injury•] |
retropharyngeal abscess | [•Sore throat management in the New Zealand context•] |
rhabdomyolysis | [•Gross haematuria•] |
rhabdomyosarcoma | [•Child with red swelling around one eye•] |
rheumatic fever | [•SLE / fatigue / pain and swelling in the hands•], [•Fever and a new murmur•], [•Osteomyelitis•], [•Child with sore joints•] |
rheumatic heart disease | [•Gout / acute pain and swelling of knee•] |
rheumatoid arthritis | [•Headache, morning stiffness and shoulder pain•], [•SLE / fatigue / pain and swelling in the hands•], [•Chronic limb pain•], [•Gout / acute pain and swelling of knee•], [•Swollen and tender joints•] |
rib fracture | [•Penetrating chest trauma•] |
rickets | [•Child with abnormal gait•] |
road traffic crash | [•Superficial injuries•] |
rosacea | [•Pimples and rash on the face•] |
rotator cuff disorders | [•Regional limb pain•] |
rubella | [•Infant with jaundice•], [•Fetal health•] |
ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm | [•Flank pain and dysuria•], [•Arrhythmias•], [•Acute abdominal pain•] |
ruptured Baker's cyst | [•Acutely painful limb•], [•Deep vein thrombosis•] |
salivary gland tumours (as cause of raised PSA) | [•Elevation of prostate-specific antigen•] |
saphena varix | [•Groin lump•] |
sarcoid arthropathy | [•Gout / acute pain and swelling of knee•], [•Swollen and tender joints•] |
sarcoidosis | [•SLE / fatigue / pain and swelling in the hands•], [•Epilepsy / seizure•], [•Lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly•], [•Hypercalcaemia and back pain•], [•Worsening shortness of breath•], [•Epistaxis•], [•Heart failure•] |
sarcoma | [•Musculoskeletal lump•], [•Groin lump•] |
scabies | [•Rest home resident with itching and rash•], [•Itching child•] |
scalding burns | [•Burns•] |
schizoaffective disorder | [•Bipolar affective disorder•], [•Acute psychosis•], [•Personality disorder•], [•Major depressive episode•] |
schizoid personality disorder | [•Personality disorder•] |
schizophrenia | [•Self-harm•], [•Bipolar affective disorder•], [•Acute psychosis•], [•Personality disorder•], [•Major depressive episode•] |
schizophreniform disorder | [•Personality disorder•] |
schizotypal personality disorder | [•Personality disorder•] |
sciatica | [•Acutely painful limb•] |
scleritis | [•Acute or chronic red eye•] |
scleroderma | [•Chronic kidney disease / asymptomatic worsening renal function•] |
sebaceous cyst | [•Neck lump•], [•Groin lump•], [•Breast lump and screening•] |
seborrhoeic dermatitis | [•Rash on extensor surfaces and joint pains•] |
seborrhoeic keratosis | [•Skin tumours•] |
secondary causes of hypertension | [•Risk assessment in early pregnancy•] |
secondary hypothyroidism | [•Hypothyroidism•] |
secondary tumour | [•Space occupying lesion / progressive unilateral weakness•] |
seizure disorder and/or status epilepticus | [•Altered level of consciousness in a child•] |
seizures | [•Falls and collapses•], [•Space occupying lesion / progressive unilateral weakness•] |
senile cataract | [•Gradual deterioration in visual acuity over time•] |
sensory strabismus (congenital cataract or other intraocular lesion) | [•Infant or child with strabismus•] |
sepsis | [•Type 1 diabetes mellitus•], [•Pancytopenia•], [•Acute kidney injury•], [•Infant or child with a murmur•] |
sepsis (urinary tract infections) | [•Infant with vomiting and diarrhoea•] |
septic arthritis | [•Knee injury•], [•Fracture•], [•Osteomyelitis•], [•Gout / acute pain and swelling of knee•], [•Swollen and tender joints•], [•Reactive arthritis•], [•Child with sore joints•], [•Acutely painful limb•], [•Knee pain•], [•Child with abnormal gait•], [•Febrile infant•] |
septicaemia | [•Unwell neonate•], [•Febrile infant•] |
severe acidosis/alkalosis | [•Unexplained loss of consciousness•] |
severe sepsis | [•Acute presentation of diabetes mellitus•] |
severe sepsis/septicaemia | [•Fever and a new murmur•] |
sexual abuse/emotional trauma | [•Child with disorder of elimination•] |
sexual assault | [•Postmenopausal bleeding•] |
sexually transmitted infection | [•Contraception•] |
sexually transmitted infections | [•Postmenopausal bleeding•], [•Acute severe testicular pain•], [•Febrile returning traveller•] |
shaken baby syndrome/ non-accidental injury | [•Unwell neonate•] |
Sheehan's syndrome | [•Panhypopituitarism•] |
shock (hypovolaemic, distributive, cardiogenic) | [•Unexplained loss of consciousness•] |
shoulder dystocia | [•Labour•] |
shoulder instability | [•Regional limb pain•] |
Shwachman-Diamond syndrome | [•Pancytopenia•] |
SIADH (pneumonia, other infection, drugs particularly carbamazepine and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), postoperative) | [•Hyponatraemia•] |
SIADH in head injury including stroke and intracranial haemorrhage | [•Hyponatraemia•] |
sick euthyroid | [•Hypothyroidism•] |
sick sinus syndrome | [•Arrhythmias•] |
side effects of contraception | [•Heavy menstrual periods•] |
side-effects of medication | [•Unexplained loss of consciousness•] |
simple phobias | [•Anxiety disorder•] |
simple pneumothorax | [•Penetrating chest trauma•] |
simple/tension pneumothorax | [•Sudden onset shortness of breath•] |
sinusitis | [•Headache•], [•Child or adolescent with a headache•] |
Sjögren’s syndrome | [•Medically unexplained physical symptoms•], [•Swollen and tender joints•], [•Acute or chronic red eye•] |
skin laceration and contusion | [•Head trauma•], [•Penetrating chest trauma•] |
skull and base of skull fractures | [•Neck injury•] |
skull fracture | [•Head trauma•] |
sleep deprivation | [•Daytime sleepiness•] |
slipped femoral capital epiphysis | [•Osteomyelitis•] |
smoke inhalation | [•Compromised airway•] |
smoking | [•Fetal health•] |
social phobia | [•Alcohol and drug dependence disorders•], [•Anxiety disorder•], [•Personality disorder•] |
social stressors | [•Postpartum care•] |
soft tissue abscess | [•Groin lump•] |
solid tumour metastases | [•Pancytopenia•] |
somatisation disorder | [•Medically unexplained physical symptoms•], [•Stroke / TIA / sudden onset unilateral weakness•] |
space occupying lesion | [•Tremor and parkinsonism•], [•Epilepsy / seizure•], [•Headache•] |
specific learning disorder | [•Disruptive behaviour disorder•] |
spinal cord abnormalities (e.g. spina bifida, dysraphism) | [•Child with abnormal gait•] |
spinal cord injuries | [•Neck injury•] |
spinal cord injury without radiological abnormality (SCIWORA) | [•Neck injury•] |
spinal cord syndromes (central, anterior, Brown-Sequard) | [•Altered level of consciousness in an adult•] |
spinal cord trauma | [•Penetrating chest trauma•] |
spinal malignancy | [•Inflammatory low back pain•], [•Non-specific back pain•] |
spinal stenosis | [•Non-specific back pain•], [•Acutely painful limb•] |
splenic rupture | [•Penetrating chest trauma•] |
spondyloarthritis | [•Gout / acute pain and swelling of knee•] |
spondylosis deformans | [•Inflammatory low back pain•] |
sprain | [•Acutely painful limb•] |
squamous cell carcinoma | [•Abnormal cervical smear result•], [•Skin tumours•] |
staggered overdose of 'therapeutic' paracetamol in children (accidental parental excess administration/lack of health literacy) | [•Overdose in a child or adolescent•] |
status epilepticus | [•Altered level of consciousness in an adult•] |
sternal fracture | [•Penetrating chest trauma•] |
steroid use | [•Diabetes in pregnancy•], [•Bipolar affective disorder•], [•Acute psychosis•], [•Major depressive episode•] |
Stevens Johnson syndrome | [•Blisters•], [•Acute or chronic red eye•] |
stillbirth | [•Labour•] |
Stokes-Adams attack | [•Epilepsy / seizure•], [•Arrhythmias•] |
strain | [•Acutely painful limb•] |
strangulated hernia | [•Groin lump•] |
Streptococcus pyogenes pharyngitis | [•Sore throat management in the New Zealand context•] |
stress fracture | [•Deep vein thrombosis•] |
stress incontinence | [•Urinary incontinence in women•] |
stroke | [•Falls and collapses•], [•Panhypopituitarism•], [•Hearing loss•], [•Dizziness and vertigo•], [•Major depressive episode•] |
stroke (ischaemic infarction or bleeding) | [•Stroke / TIA / sudden onset unilateral weakness•] |
sub-conjunctival haemorrhage | [•Acute or chronic red eye•] |
subacute thyroiditis | [•Hyperthyroidism•], [•Hypothyroidism•] |
subarachnoid haemorrhage | [•Unexplained loss of consciousness•], [•Sudden onset severe headache•], [•Falls and collapses•], [•Panhypopituitarism•], [•Arrhythmias•], [•Agitated and combative patient•] |
subclavian steal syndrome | [•Arrhythmias•] |
subcutaneous/orbital emphysema | [•Child with red swelling around one eye•] |
subdural haemorrhage | [•Unexplained loss of consciousness•], [•Sudden onset severe headache•], [•Falls and collapses•], [•Medically unexplained physical symptoms•], [•Alcohol and drug dependence disorders•], [•Head trauma•], [•Agitated and combative patient•] |
subdural tumour | [•Altered level of consciousness in a child•] |
subglottic stenosis | [•Neonatal stridor•] |
substance abuse | [•Fetal health•], [•Self-harm•], [•Eating disorders•], [•Falls and collapses•], [•Medically unexplained physical symptoms•], [•Epilepsy / seizure•], [•Sudden onset shortness of breath•], [•Acute psychosis•] |
substance abuse (especially psychostimulants) | [•Bipolar affective disorder•] |
substance abuse and dependence | [•Personality disorder•] |
substance-induced anxiety disorder | [•Anxiety disorder•] |
suicide attempt | [•Unexplained loss of consciousness•] |
sunburn | [•Burns•] |
superior mesenteric artery syndrome | [•Bowel obstruction•] |
surgery | [•Menopause•] |
surgical emphysema | [•Penetrating chest trauma•] |
sustained and non-sustained ventricular tachycardia | [•Arrhythmias•] |
Sydenham's chorea | [•Tremor and parkinsonism•] |
syphilis | [•Infant with jaundice•], [•Fetal health•], [•Bipolar affective disorder•], [•Stroke / TIA / sudden onset unilateral weakness•], [•Dysuria•], [•Acute psychosis•], [•Hearing loss•] |
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) | [•Headache, morning stiffness and shoulder pain•], [•SLE / fatigue / pain and swelling in the hands•], [•Painful hands in the cold•], [•Self-harm•], [•Eating disorders•], [•Bipolar affective disorder•], [•Pimples and rash on the face•], [•Chronic limb pain•], [•Medically unexplained physical symptoms•], [•Epilepsy / seizure•], [•Alcohol and drug dependence disorders•], [•Lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly•], [•Swollen and tender joints•], [•Acute kidney injury•], [•Acute psychosis•], [•Delirium / dementia•], [•Hearing loss•], [•Chronic kidney disease / asymptomatic worsening renal function•], [•Major depressive episode•] |
systemic sclerosis | [•SLE / fatigue / pain and swelling in the hands•], [•Painful hands in the cold•], [•Dysphagia•] |
systemic sepsis | [•Bowel obstruction•] |
tachy-brady syndrome | [•Arrhythmias•] |
teenage pregnancy | [•Pregnancy diagnosis•] |
temporal lobe epilepsy | [•Acute psychosis•] |
temporomandibular joint dysfunction | [•Headache•] |
tendon laceration | [•Hand injury•] |
tendon rupture (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis or post-fracture) | [•Hand injury•] |
tendon sheath infection | [•Hand injury•] |
tension headache | [•Sudden onset severe headache•], [•Headache•] |
tension headaches | [•Child or adolescent with a headache•] |
tension pneumothorax | [•Out of hospital cardiac arrest•], [•Penetrating chest trauma•] |
teratogens | [•Fetal health•] |
termination of pregnancy | [•Pregnancy diagnosis•] |
tertiary syphilis | [•Agitated and combative patient•] |
testicular cancer in an undescended testis | [•Groin lump•] |
testicular seminoma | [•Acute severe testicular pain•] |
testicular teratoma | [•Acute severe testicular pain•] |
testicular torsion | [•Irritable infant•], [•Abdominal or inguinal lump•], [•Acute severe testicular pain•] |
testicular trauma | [•Acute severe testicular pain•] |
tetanus | [•Superficial injuries•], [•Hand injury•] |
tetra/paraplegia | [•Urinary incontinence in women•] |
thalassaemia | [•Family with a genetic disorder•], [•Anaemia•] |
thoracic spine pathology | [•Regional limb pain•] |
thrombo-occlusive peripheral vascular disease | [•Acutely painful limb•] |
thrombocytopenia | [•Gross haematuria•] |
thromboembolic peripheral vascular disease | [•Acutely painful limb•] |
thrombophilia | [•Postpartum care•], [•Gynaecological abdominal pain•] |
thrombophlebitis | [•Acutely painful limb•], [•Deep vein thrombosis•] |
thyroglossal cyst | [•Neck lump•] |
thyroid agenesis | [•Hypothyroidism•] |
thyroid cancer | [•Neck lump•] |
thyroid disorders | [•Menopause•] |
thyroid dysfunction | [•Heavy menstrual periods•], [•Infertility•], [•Pregnancy diagnosis•] |
thyroid eye disease | [•Diplopia•] |
thyroid nodule/adenoma | [•Neck lump•] |
TIA | [•Dizziness and vertigo•] |
tibial plateau fractures | [•Knee injury•] |
tinea corporis | [•Adult eczema•], [•Rash on extensor surfaces and joint pains•] |
tinea cruris/corporis/onychomycosis | [•Rest home resident with itching and rash•] |
tinea pedis | [•Skin and soft tissue infection•] |
Todd's palsy | [•Stroke / TIA / sudden onset unilateral weakness•] |
tonic-clonic seizures | [•Epilepsy / seizure•] |
tonsillitis | [•Upper airway disease•], [•Upper respiratory tract symptoms•] |
torsion of testicular appendage | [•Acute severe testicular pain•] |
toxic epidermal necrolysis | [•Blisters•] |
toxic multinodular goitre | [•Hyperthyroidism•] |
toxic thyroid adenoma | [•Hyperthyroidism•] |
toxin ingestion | [•Infant with vomiting and diarrhoea•] |
toxocariasis | [•Infant with an altered light reflex and watery eye•] |
toxoplasmosis | [•Infant with jaundice•], [•Fever and adenopathy•] |
tracheitis | [•Upper respiratory tract symptoms•], [•Sore throat management in the New Zealand context•] |
tracheo-oesophageal fistula | [•Neonatal stridor•] |
tracheoesophageal fistula | [•Unwell neonate•] |
tracheomalacia | [•Neonatal stridor•] |
transfusion-related iron overload | [•Haemochromatosis•] |
transient hip synovitis | [•Child with abnormal gait•] |
transient ischaemic attack | [•Stroke / TIA / sudden onset unilateral weakness•] |
transient tachypnea of the newborn | [•Unwell neonate•] |
transverse myelitis | [•Neuromuscular disease / generalised muscle weakness•] |
trauma | [•Compromised airway•], [•Osteomyelitis•], [•Out of hospital cardiac arrest•], [•Gross haematuria•], [•Reactive arthritis•], [•Epistaxis•], [•Acute or chronic red eye•], [•Acutely painful limb•] |
trauma (accidental) | [•Child with sore joints•] |
trauma during birth | [•Postpartum care•] |
traumatic amputations | [•Hand injury•] |
traumatic brain injury | [•Neck injury•] |
traumatic injury | [•Child with abnormal gait•] |
traumatic mydriasis | [•Pupil abnormality•] |
trichomonas | [•Dysuria•] |
tricuspid regurgitation | [•Valvular heart disease•] |
tricuspid stenosis | [•Valvular heart disease•] |
tricuspid valve prolapse | [•Valvular heart disease•] |
tricyclic antidepressant overdose | [•Self-harm•] |
trigeminal neuralgia | [•Sudden onset severe headache•], [•Headache•] |
trisomy 21 | [•6 week check•] |
tubal infertility (pelvic inflammatory disease) | [•Infertility•] |
tuberculosis | [•Neck lump•], [•SLE / fatigue / pain and swelling in the hands•], [•Adrenal crisis•], [•Haemoptysis and abnormal chest X-ray•], [•Fever and adenopathy•], [•Febrile returning traveller•], [•Pneumonia•] |
tuberculous arthritis (Pott's disease) | [•Inflammatory low back pain•] |
tuberculous meningitis | [•Space occupying lesion / progressive unilateral weakness•] |
tuberculous spinal disease | [•Non-specific back pain•] |
tuberous sclerosis | [•Epilepsy / seizure•], [•Family with a genetic disorder•] |
tubo-ovarian abscess,non-gynaecological causes of abdominal pain | [•Gynaecological abdominal pain•] |
tumours | [•Chronic abdominal pain in children and adolescents•] |
tympanic membrane perforation | [•Glue ear•] |
tympanic membrane rupture | [•Hearing loss•] |
type 1 diabetes mellitus | [•Diabetes in pregnancy•], [•Type 1 diabetes mellitus•], [•Acute presentation of diabetes mellitus•], [•Type 2 diabetes mellitus•] |
type 2 diabetes mellitus | [•Diabetes in pregnancy•], [•Type 1 diabetes mellitus•], [•Clinical audit•], [•Type 2 diabetes mellitus•] |
type II respiratory failure | [•Daytime sleepiness•] |
typhoid fever | [•Febrile returning traveller•] |
ulcerative colitis | [•Medically unexplained physical symptoms•] |
unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia | [•Infant with jaundice•] |
undescended or ectopic testes | [•Abdominal or inguinal lump•] |
undiagnosed maternal pre-existing conditions such as diabetes | [•Fetal health•] |
undifferentiated somatoform disorder | [•Medically unexplained physical symptoms•] |
undifferentiated spondyloarthritis | [•Reactive arthritis•] |
unexplained infertility | [•Infertility•] |
unplanned pregnancy | [•Pregnancy diagnosis•], [•Contraception•] |
upper respiratory tract infection | [•Epistaxis•], [•Febrile infant•] |
upper respiratory tract infection (including croup) | [•Child with respiratory distress•] |
uraemic encephalopathy | [•Unexplained loss of consciousness•], [•Agitated and combative patient•] |
uraemic/hepatic encephalopathy | [•Delirium / dementia•] |
ureteric obstruction and hydronephrosis | [•Flank pain and dysuria•] |
ureteric transitional cell carcinoma | [•Gross haematuria•] |
urethritis/vaginitis | [•Urinary incontinence in women•] |
urge incontinence | [•Urinary incontinence in women•] |
urinary tract infection | [•Urinary incontinence in women•], [•Late pregnancy complications•], [•Diabetes insipidus•], [•Acute abdominal pain in children and adolescents•], [•Acute severe testicular pain•], [•Delirium / dementia•], [•Elevation of prostate-specific antigen•], [•Agitated and combative patient•], [•Acute abdominal pain•], [•Febrile infant•] |
urogenital atrophy | [•Urinary incontinence in women•], [•Menopause•] |
urticarial vasculitis | [•Facial swelling and itchy rash•] |
uterine arterio-venous malformation | [•Postpartum care•] |
uterine atony | [•Postpartum care•], [•Labour•] |
uterine cancer | [•Adult with abdominal mass•] |
uterine inversion | [•Labour•] |
uterine malformation | [•Labour•] |
uterine rupture | [•Vaginal bleeding late in pregnancy•], [•Labour•] |
vaginal trauma | [•Gynaecological abdominal pain•], [•Vaginal bleeding late in pregnancy•], [•Postmenopausal bleeding•] |
vaginitis | [•Dysuria•] |
valvular heart disease | [•Pre-admission and surgical risk assessment•] |
varicella-zoster virus | [•Fetal health•] |
varicocele | [•Groin lump•], [•Acute severe testicular pain•] |
varicose vein | [•Groin lump•] |
vasa praevia | [•Vaginal bleeding late in pregnancy•] |
vascular dementia | [•Delirium / dementia•], [•Dementia / disturbance of memory / cognitive function•] |
vascular malformation | [•Upper gastrointestinal bleeding•], [•Epilepsy / seizure•] |
vascular tumours | [•Musculoskeletal lump•] |
vasculitis | [•Facial swelling and itchy rash•], [•Neuromuscular disease / generalised muscle weakness•], [•Sudden onset severe headache•], [•Lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly•], [•Stroke / TIA / sudden onset unilateral weakness•], [•Chronic kidney disease / asymptomatic worsening renal function•] |
vasovagal syncope | [•Falls and collapses•], [•Epilepsy / seizure•], [•Arrhythmias•] |
venous eczema and other forms of dermatitis | [•Chronic limb pain•] |
venous insufficiency | [•Chronic limb pain•], [•Skin and soft tissue infection•] |
venous sinus thrombosis | [•Sudden onset severe headache•], [•Stroke / TIA / sudden onset unilateral weakness•] |
venous stasis dermatitis | [•Deep vein thrombosis•] |
venous thromboembolism | [•Labour•], [•Contraception•] |
ventricular fibrillation | [•Out of hospital cardiac arrest•] |
ventricular septal defect | [•Valvular heart disease•] |
ventricular tachycardia | [•Out of hospital cardiac arrest•] |
vertebral fracture | [•Non-specific back pain•] |
vertebral osteomyelitis | [•Inflammatory low back pain•], [•Non-specific back pain•] |
vertebrobasilar artery TIA | [•Arrhythmias•] |
vertebrobasilar insufficiency | [•Dizziness and vertigo•] |
vestibular neuritis | [•Dizziness and vertigo•] |
viral conjunctivitis | [•Infant with an altered light reflex and watery eye•] |
viral meningitis | [•Fever and headache•] |
viral upper respiratory tract infection | [•Fever and headache•], [•Upper respiratory tract symptoms•] |
viral-induced wheeze | [•Child with respiratory distress•] |
visual impairment | [•Hip fracture•] |
visual or hearing impairment | [•Before school check•] |
vitamin B12/folate deficiency | [•Pancytopenia•], [•Agitated and combative patient•], [•Anaemia•] |
vitamin D toxicity | [•Hypercalcaemia and back pain•] |
vitamin K/haemorrhagic disease of the newborn | [•Unwell neonate•] |
vitreous hemorrhage | [•Sudden painless loss of vision•], [•Infant with an altered light reflex and watery eye•] |
vocal cord paralysis | [•Compromised airway•] |
vocal fold cyst | [•Neonatal stridor•] |
vocal fold nodule | [•Neonatal stridor•] |
vocal fold papilloma | [•Neonatal stridor•] |
volvulus | [•Bowel obstruction•] |
von Willebrand’s disease | [•Epistaxis•] |
vulval intraepithelial neoplasia | [•Abnormal cervical smear result•] |
vulval skin disorders | [•Postmenopausal bleeding•] |
vulvar cancer | [•Abnormal cervical smear result•] |
Waldenstrōm macroglobulinaema | [•Lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly•] |
warfarin toxicity | [•Unexplained loss of consciousness•] |
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome | [•Adrenal crisis•] |
Wernicke's encephalopathy | [•Agitated and combative patient•] |
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome | [•Alcohol and drug dependence disorders•], [•Acute psychosis•], [•Delirium / dementia•], [•Major depressive episode•] |
whiplash | [•Neck injury•] |
Whipple's disease | [•Agitated and combative patient•] |
white coat hypertension | [•Secondary hypertension•] |
whooping cough | [•Child with respiratory distress•] |
Wilson's disease | [•Bipolar affective disorder•], [•Medically unexplained physical symptoms•], [•Tremor and parkinsonism•], [•Acute psychosis•], [•Chronic liver disease•] |
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome | [•Arrhythmias•] |
wound dehiscence | [•Postoperative complications•] |
wound infection | [•Superficial injuries•] |
wound/episiotomy/urine infections | [•Labour•] |
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome | [•Chronic upper abdominal symptoms•] |