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Table 6 final inclusion result per priority after modification

From: Towards enhanced telephone triage for chest pain: a Delphi study to define life-threatening conditions that must be identified

Priority 1

Inclusion %

Oesophageal perforation/rupture

80%

STEMI

90%

NSTEMI with clinical compromise

90

acute left ventricular failure/ acute heart failure

70

Aortic Dissection

90

Cardiac tamponade

100

Life-threatening Asthma

100

Cardiac Arrest

100

Tension Pneumothorax

100

Massive pulmonary embolism (pulmonary embolism with shock)

100

Priority 2

Acute coronary syndrome (ACS)

100

Supraventricular tachycardia (junctional tachycardia)

80

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

90

Lower respiratory tract infection with respiratory compromise

90

Pneumothorax with hypoxia

90

Ventricular tachycardia (with pulse)

90

Priority 4

Chest infection

70

Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD)

70

Lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI), sub-acute

80

  1. STEMI: ST-elevation myocardial infraction. NSTEMI: non-ST segment elevation myocardial infraction