Symptoms, Signs, and Abnormalities NEC

General symptoms and signs were the leading NEC subcategory among nursing home residents in both seasons. The NEC category includes non-specific symptoms across multiple physiological systems when no more specific diagnosis is assigned. The rise in NEC hospitalisations may indicate increasing frailty and possible gaps in pre-hospital management of non-specific deterioration. NEC admissions may reflect transient, ill-defined, undiagnosed, or multi-system health problems. Cancers presenting with non-site-specific symptoms are often diagnosed at later stages and have higher mortality. Most patients attending the Guy's Rapid Diagnostic Clinic did not have cancer, creating a need for risk stratification tools. Rapid Diagnostic Clinics in England were created to streamline diagnostic pathways for patients with non-specific symptoms.