Adult breast cancer | |
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Level 1 | One of the following: |
 |    • Operative specimen with histological confirmation |
 |    • Biopsy/fine needle aspiration cytology |
Level 2A | Both of the following: |
 |    • Mammography diagnosis |
 |    • Imaging evidence of metastases in bone, lung, etc. based on CT scan/MRI/X-rays |
Level 2B | Patient under treatment from a recognized cancer hospital or cancer unit for breast cancer in cases where the basis for the initial diagnosis is no longer available. |
Adult acute myocardial infarction | |
Level 1 | Evidence of acute MI within three months preceding death based upon one or more of the following: |
 |    • Cardiac perfusion scan |
 |    • ECG changes |
 |    • Documented history of CABG or PTCA or stenting |
 |    • Coronary angiography |
 |    • Enzyme changes (any troponin elevation or CK-MB isoenzyme elevation >2 times the upper limit of normal) in the context of myocardial ischemia |
Level 2A | Clinical evidence of the following: |
 |    • Sudden death within six hours of the onset of characteristic shock and chest pain when the case has been witnessed by a physician |
Child pneumonia | |
Level 1 | Chest X-ray showing primary end-point consolidation, pleural effusion or other consolidation/infiltration, plus two or more of the following: |
 |    • Respiratory rate >70/minute |
 |    • Severe lower chest indrawing |
 |    • Abnormal breath sounds (i.e., grunting, decreased breath sounds, crepitations) |
 |    • Rectal temperature >38°C or <36°C |
 |    • Oral or axillary temperature >37.5°C or <35.5°C |
Neonatal birth asphyxia | |
Level 1 | Each of the following: |
 |    • Failure both to breathe spontaneously and to cry at birth |
 |    • No major congenital abnormality |
 |    • Not a stillbirth (one or more signs of life at birth like pulse or movement) |
 | Plus one of the following in the 24 hours after birth: |
 |    • Not feeding |
 |    • Hypotonia |
 |    • Seizures |
 |    • Needed and failed resuscitation at birth |