Table 1.
Chief complaint, diagnosis, and diagnosis/antibiotic combination triggers of iCPR tools
| Strep | Pneumonia |
|---|---|
| Chief Complaint | |
| Sore throat | Possible pneumonia |
| Strep pharyngitis | Pleurisy |
| Dysphagia | Chest hurts when breathing |
| Throat hurts | Productive cough with shortness of breath |
| Throat discomfort | New onset shortness of breath |
| Recent contact (children) with pharyngitis | |
| Diagnosis | |
| Acute pharyngitis | Acute bronchitis |
| Bacterial pharyngitis | Acute bronchitis with bronchospasm |
| Chronic pharyngitis | Aspiration pneumonia |
| Difficulty in swallowing | Atypical pneumonia |
| Odynophagia | Bronchiectasis with acute exacerbation |
| Pain on swallowing | Bronchitis |
| Pharyngitis | Bronchitis with chronic airway obstruction |
| Pharyngitis acute | Bronchitis, chronic |
| Pharyngitis due to group A beta hemolytic Streptococci | Bronchitis, not specified as acute or chronic |
| Sore throat | CAP (community acquired pneumonia) |
| Sore throat (viral) | Community acquired pneumonia |
| Sore throat - chronic | Legionella infection |
| Sorethroat | LRTI (lower respiratory tract infection) |
| Strep sore throat | Pneumonia |
| Strep throat | Pneumonia, aspiration |
| Streptococcal pharyngitis | Pneumonia, community acquired |
| Streptococcal sore throat | Pneumonia, organism unspecified |
| Throat discomfort | Productive cough |
| Throat infection - pharyngitis | Sputum production |
| Throat pain | |
| Throat soreness | |
| Viral pharyngitis | |
| Diagnosis and antibiotic combination* | |
| Difficulty swallowing liquids | Abnormal breathing |
| Difficulty swallowing solids | Airway obstruction |
| Dysphagia | Allergic cough |
| Dysphagia, oropharyngeal | Breathing difficulty |
| Dysphagia, unspecified | Breathing problem |
| Esophageal dysphagia | Chest congestion |
| Impaired swallowing | Chest heaviness |
| Intermittent dysphagia | Chronic cough |
| Laryngeal pain | Chronic coughing |
| Pain on swallowing | Congestion pulmonary |
| Pain or burning when swallowing | Cough |
| Pain with swallowing | Cough due to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor |
| Painful swallowing | Cough secondary to angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACE-I) |
| Problems with swallowing | Coughing |
| Swallowing difficulty | Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia |
| Swallowing disorder | DOE (dyspnea on exertion) |
| Swallowing impairment | Dry cough |
| Swallowing pain | Dyspnea |
| Swallowing pain or burning | Dyspnea on exertion |
| Swallowing painful | Exertional dyspnea |
| Trouble swallowing | Hypercarbia |
| Non-productive cough | |
| Nonproductive cough | |
| Other dyspnea and respiratory abnormality | |
| Productive cough | |
| Pulmonary edema | |
| Recurrent upper respiratory infection (URI) | |
| Respiratory tract infection | |
| Shortness of breath | |
| Shortness of breath dyspnea | |
| Shortness of breath on exertion | |
| SOB (shortness of breath) | |
| Trouble breathing | |
| URI (upper respiratory infection) | |
| Viral bronchitis | |
| DOE (dyspnea on exertion) | |
*Antibiotics: Oral penicillins, macrolides, cephalosporins, quinolones, tetracyclines