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Gastrointestinal tract

Acute Abdominal

  • Acute Abdomen (Overview)
  • Bowel Obstruction (Suspected)
  • Cholecystitis (Suspected Acute)
  • Iliac Fossa Pain (Acute Left)
  • Iliac Fossa Pain (Acute Right)
  • Loin Pain (Acute Pyelonephritis)
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Gastrointestinal

  • Abdominal Pain (Chronic)
  • Bowel Obstruction (Suspected)
  • Colorectal Cancer (Staging)
  • Colorectal Cancer (Suspected)
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  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome (Suspected)
  • Oesophageal Cancer (Staging)
  • Upper Quadrant Pain (Chronic Right)

Hepatic

  • Ascites
  • Focal Liver Lesion (History of Malignancy)
  • Focal Liver Lesion (Investigation)
  • Hepatocellular Cancer (Surveillance)
  • Hepatocellular Cancer (Suspected)
  • Liver Lesion (Incidental)

Pancreatic and Biliary System

  • Cholecystitis (Acalculous, Suspected Acute)
  • Cholecystitis (Suspected Acute)
  • Cholestatic Jaundice
  • Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
  • Pancreatic Cancer (Suspected and Staging)
  • Pancreatic Cyst (Incidental on CT or US)
  • Pancreatitis (Acute)
  • Pancreatitis (Chronic)

Miscellaneous

  • Abdominal Blunt Trauma
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  • Abscess (Intra-Abdominal)
  • Drug Trafficking (Suspected)

Cardiovascular

  • Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
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  • Aortic Dissection (Spontaneous)
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  • Coronary Syndrome (Acute)
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  • Hypertension
  • Hypertension (Renovascular Cause)
  • Leg Ischaemia (Acute)
  • Peripheral Stent Follow-Up
  • Thoracic Aorta Blunt Trauma
  • Vascular Disease (Peripheral)

Kidney and urinary tract

  • Bladder Cancer (Staging)
  • Haematuria (Painless Microscopic)
  • Haematuria (Painless Visible)
  • Loin Pain (Acute Pyelonephritis)
  • Loin Pain (Renal Colic)
  • Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
  • Lower Urinary Tract Trauma
  • Prostate Cancer (Suspected and Staging)
  • Renal Cell Cancer (Staging)
  • Renal Failure (Acute or Acute on Chronic)
  • Renal Mass
  • Renal Transplant Dysfunction (Acute)
  • Scrotal Mass
  • Scrotal Pain (Acute)

Ear, Nose & Throat

  • Laryngeal Cancer (Staging)
  • Salivary Gland Swelling
  • Sinusitis (Acute)
  • Suspected Chronic Rhinosinusitis
  • Tinnitus
  • Vertig

Cancer Staging

  • TBA

Endocrine

  • Adrenal Mass (Incidental on CT)
  • Cushing's Syndrome
  • Foot Ulcer (Diabetic)
  • Goitre (Investigation)
  • Hyperaldosteronism (Primary Suspected)
  • Hyperparathyroidism (Primary Suspected)
  • Hyperthyroidism
  • Osteoporosis (Suspected)
  • Phaeochromocytoma
  • Pituitary Dysfunction or Mass (Suspected)
  • Thyroid Nodule (Incidental)

Musculoskeletal (Non-Trauma)

  • Bone Metastases
  • Bone Pain
  • Chronic Shoulder Pain
  • Foot Ulcer (Diabetic)
  • Hip (Avascular Necrosis)
  • Hip Pain (Non-Traumatic)
  • Knee Pain (Non-Traumatic)
  • Low Back Pain
  • Multiple Myeloma
  • Neck Pain (Non-Traumatic)
  • Orbital Pathology (Suspected) </li >
  • Osteomyelitis (Suspected Acute)
  • Soft Tissue Mass
  • Temporomandibular Joint Disorders

Trauma

  • Abdominal Blunt Trauma
  • Chest Trauma
  • Head Injury (Adult)
  • Leg Ischaemia (Acute)
  • Lower Urinary Tract Trauma
  • Suspected Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury
  • Thoracic Aorta Blunt Trauma

Musculoskeletal (Trauma)

  • Acute Traumatic Shoulder Pain
  • Ankle Injury
  • Bone and Joint Trauma (Overview)
  • Cervical Spine Injury
  • Facial Trauma
  • Hip Fracture (Suspected)
  • Knee Pain (Post-Traumatic)
  • Orbital Pathology (Suspected)
  • Stress Fracture (Suspected)
  • Thoraco-Lumbar Spine Trauma
  • Wrist Fracture (Suspected)

Miscellaneous

  • Drug Trafficking (Suspected)
  • Foreign Body (Suspected)
  • Orbital Foreign Body (Suspected)
  • Orbital Pathology (Suspected)

Neurological

  • Dementia
  • Head Injury (Adult)
  • Headache (Adult)
  • Headache (Thunderclap)
  • Meningitis (Suspected)
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Orbital Pathology (Suspected)
  • Pituitary Dysfunction or Mass (Suspected)
  • Psychosis (First Episode)
  • Spinal Cord Compression (Suspected)
  • Stroke
  • Transient Ischaemic Attack
  • Vertigo

Obstetric & Gynaecological

  • Adnexal Masses (Incidental)
  • Amenorrhoea (Secondary)
  • Bleeding (Abnormal Pre-Menopausal)
  • Bleeding (First Trimester)
  • Bleeding (Post-Menopausal)
  • Cervical Cancer (Staging)
  • Ectopic Pregnancy (Suspected)
  • Endometriosis (Suspected)
  • Fetal Wellbeing (Assessment)
  • First Trimester Screening
  • Haemorrhage (Antepartum)
  • Intrauterine Growth Restriction (Suspected)
  • Ovarian Cancer (Staging)
  • Paediatric, Hydronephrosis (Antenatal)
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (Suspected)
  • Pulmonary Embolism (Pregnancy)
  • Tubo-ovarian Torsion (Suspected)

Paediatric

  • Paediatric, abdominal pain (acute non-traumatic)
  • Paediatric, Elbow Injury
  • Paediatric, Head Trauma
  • Paediatric, Headache
  • Paediatric, Headache (Recurrent)
  • Paediatric, Hip Developmental Dysplasia
  • Paediatric, Hip Pain
  • Paediatric, Hydronephrosis (Antenatal)
  • Paediatric, Injury (Non-Accidental)
  • Paediatric, Knee Pain
  • Paediatric, Limp
  • Paediatric, Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Paediatric, Neck or Back Pain
  • Paediatric, Paranasal Sinus (Suspected)
  • Paediatric, Pneumonia (Recurrent or Persistent)
  • Paediatric, Scaphoid Fracture (Suspected)
  • Paediatric, Scoliosis (Adolescent)
  • Paediatric, Seizure
  • Paediatric, Sinusitis (Acute)
  • Paediatric, Stridor (Persistent)
  • Paediatric, Urinary Tract Infection
  • Paediatric, Vomiting

Respiratory

  • Bronchiectasis
  • Chest Trauma
  • Chest X-Ray (Pre-Operative)
  • Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (Suspected)
  • Dyspnoea (Chronic)
  • Haemoptysis
  • Mediastinal Mass (Suspected)
  • Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (Staging)
  • Pulmonary Embolism (Haemodynamically Stable)
  • Pulmonary Embolism (Haemodynamically Unstable)
  • Pulmonary Embolism (Pregnancy)
  • Raised Hemidiaphragm on CXR
  • Respiratory Illness (Acute)
  • Solid Pulmonary Nodules
  • Subsolid Pulmonary Nodules

Breast

  • Breast Cancer (Staging)
  • Breast Lump
  • Breast Screening
  • Breast Screening (Above Average Risk Women)
  • Breast Symptom (New)
  • Nipple Discharge
 

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