Table 2.

Diagnoses

Severity		Original Diagnosis	Final Diagnosis
Less serious	1	Deep vein thrombosis	Unspecific oedema
Equally serious	2	Bone metastasis from prostate CA (cancer)	Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
	3	Heart failure	Allergic alveolitis
More serious	4	Unspecific symptoms due to polymyalgia therapy	Decompensated diabetes due to steroids
	5	Constipation	Ileus, patient died
	6	Arthritis	DVT with pulmonary embolism
	7	Muscle strain	DVT with pulmonary embolism
	8	Cervical spine pain	Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis
	9	Cervical spine pain	Unclear, died shortly after visit
	10	Musculoskeletal pain	Bone and liver metastasis in lung cancer
	11	Thoracic spine pain	Perforated peptic ulcer
	12	Chest wall syndrome	Non-ST elevation myocardial infarction
	13	Low back pain	Hypernephroma with renal failure
	14	Non-specific groin pain	Inguinal hernia
	15	Non-specific pain at multiple sites	Pulmonary embolism
	16	Tension headache	Subarachnoid haemorrhage
	17	Migraine with aura	Ischemic stroke
	18	Non-specific vertigo/dizziness	Cerebral lymphoma
	19	Non-specific headache	Subarachnoid haemorrhage
	20	Febrile infection	Meningitis
	21	Diabetic foot ulcer with necrosis	Malignant melanoma
	22	Acute bronchitis	Pulmonary oedema due to mitral insufficiency
	23	Bronchitis	Pulmonary embolism
	24	Cough due to ACE (angiotensin-converting-enzyme) inhibitor	Lung cancer
	25	Chest infection in patient with lung cancer	Pleural effusion, sudden death
	26	Superficial wound with localised skin necrosis	Massive necrosis requiring operation
	27	Hypertensive crisis	Cerebellar infarction
	28	Heart failure or angina pectoris	Leukaemia
	29	Stable angina	Myocardial infarction with subsequent cardiac arrest