Twenty SDEC Pathways for Common Presentations
SDEC Pathways brings common Same-Day Emergency Care presentations into one structured medical reference. The library spans core topics such as deep vein thrombosis, low-risk pulmonary embolism, cellulitis, IV-to-oral antibiotics, acute kidney injury, and anaemia, alongside specialist subjects including chest pain, TIA, syncope, seizure, hyponatraemia, adrenal crisis, and frailty.
Each card gives clinicians a focused entry point instead of requiring them to search across long documents during a busy shift. Labels separate core and specialist pathways, while short descriptions identify the scoring method, protocol, or decision area inside. This layout makes the app useful for quickly choosing the relevant clinical topic before reviewing the detailed steps.
Eligibility Checks and Clinical Scoring Tools
Several pathways convert common clinical criteria into guided checklists and calculators. The Deep Vein Thrombosis pathway begins with an SDEC eligibility checker, then presents exclusion criteria that can be marked before continuing. A Wells Score section lists individual risk factors and updates the score as users select the applicable findings.
The wider toolkit includes familiar scores such as sPESI, HEART, ABCD², Oakland, CURB-65, Hestia criteria, Eron classification, and Dundee criteria. Bringing these tools into the relevant presentation helps clinicians follow a consistent sequence from suitability assessment to risk stratification, while still requiring professional interpretation of the result and the patient's full clinical context.
Investigation, Management, and Discharge Steps
The pathways are designed to continue beyond initial screening into practical stages of ambulatory care. Depending on the presentation, users can review investigation prompts, treatment and management steps, dosing guidance, calculators, discharge checks, and safety-netting points. The DVT material, for example, connects eligibility questions with a Wells assessment and later management information.
This stepwise format helps keep related decisions together rather than scattering them across separate notes or web pages. It is especially useful when a clinician needs to revisit the order of a pathway, check a calculation, or confirm what should be considered before discharge. The content remains a decision-support reference and should be used with current local policy and senior clinical input.
Guideline Citations and Bedside Reading Controls
Recommendations are paired with tappable citations to bodies such as NICE, BSH, BTS, BSAC, ESC, RCP, and NHS England, giving users a route back to the underlying guidance. Pathway headers also identify the evidence set and update year, which helps clinicians understand the reference context before applying any checklist or score.
For bedside reading, the interface provides text-size controls and keeps pathway stages in a vertically organized flow. Users can enlarge or reduce the text, move through eligibility and scoring sections, and return to the library when switching clinical topics. The combination suits clinicians who want a compact reference during SDEC or ambulatory shifts without treating the app as a replacement for judgment.
