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Table 5 Five most often recorded triggers to emergency department presentations (EDP)

Triggers^a	N = 19 All # EDP (% All EDP)	n = 9 Conservative # EDP (% Group’s EDP)	n = 10 Dialysis # EDP (% Group’s EDP)
Respiratory distress	13 (30)	3 (23)	10 (32)
Pain (other than chest)	8 (18)	5 (38)	3 (10)
Chest pain	6 (14)	1 (8)	5 (16)
Hypotension	6 (14)	1 (8)	5 (16)
Falls	5 (11)	4 (31)	0 (0)

EDP Emergency Department Presentation/s
^aThese triggers are not mutually exclusive, i.e., the patient may have presented with more than one trigger

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