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. 2017 Dec 4;8(5):404–411. doi: 10.1177/2048872617746850

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Figure 4. — Bar graph summarising the discharge diagnosis of all admitted patients in the monitoring period (September 2015–March 2016; n=1876); frequencies quoted as percentage of the overall number of patients admitted following high-sensitivity troponin T (hs-cTnT) testing.

CCF: congestive cardiac failure; GI: gastrointestinal disorder; IHD: ischaemic heart disease; MSK: musculo-skeletal disorder; OAD: obstructive airways disease; PE: pulmonary embolism.

‘Cardiac other’ includes myocarditis, valvular heart, conduction tissue and pericardial disease; ‘Resp other’ includes pleural effusion; GI includes gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, gastroenteritis and symptomatic cholelithiasis; ‘Infection’ includes lobar pneumonia, urinary tract infection and influenza; MSK includes costochondritis, bony fractures and other injuries; ‘Other’ includes sickle-cell anaemia, malignancy and mental health disorder.