| Style and Grammar |
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"Not to use medical abbreviations e.g. SOL, hyperCa"
“Provide an introduction to the app” |
Most abbreviations have been removed: “SOL” is now “space occupying lesion”
‘hyperCa” is now “hypercalcaemia”
An introductory page is in development. |
| Formatting |
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| "All the questions were leading in favour of abnormal findings and then it was confusing to have the questions reversed. E.g., ‘is y normal?... tripped you up.” |
Style has been changed so that all are leading questions in preference of abnormal findings e.g., “is the gait abnormal?” as opposed to “is the gait normal?” |
| Information Technology |
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| "Would be nice to modify an answer rather than restart" |
Currently AiD-DST remains unchanged such that if a mistake is made the user needs to restart. There are technical barriers to modification of this. |
| Clinical signs insufficiently sensitive |
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| "Misses infective symptoms/signs if the answer is no to fever but older patients may not mount a fever and have an infection’" |
Phrasing changed to be broader to capture infection “or infective symptoms/signs and include immunosuppression?” |
| Excluded Diagnoses |
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“B12 deficiency”
“Constipation” |
Vitamin B12 deficiency was added. Constipation was added as a potential cause/ contributor to all cases. |
| Other concerns |
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| "Important to contextualise and remember it doesn’t replace clinical judgement" |
Consideration of a disclaimer added to AiD-DST “intended as an aid to and not a replacement for clinical judgement” |