Table 5 AEP criteria for county hospitals
A. Medical service intensity |
 A1. Need follow-up treatment within 24 h: (1) instruments or other facilities that are only available for hospitalised patients (angiography, visceral biopsy, cardiac catheterisation intervention) and/or (2) invasive diagnostic of central skeletal muscle meat (lumbar puncture, cisterna puncture, ventricular puncture, encephalography) |
 A2. Treatment with varying dosages or drugs on a regular basis under direct medical supervision |
 A3. Calculation of intake and output volume |
 A4. Operation to be conducted on the following day in the operating room, detailed pre-operative consultation or evaluation on the day of admission |
 A5. Main surgical incision and drainage nursing |
 A6. Quarantined patients |
 A7. Bedside electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring or testing vital signs at least every 2 h |
 A8. Stopping (at least once every 8 h) or continuing oxygen inhalation |
 A9. Referral of post-operative recovery |
B. Disease severity |
 B1. Continuous fever > 38.0 °C for more than 5 days |
 B2. Acute confusion (coma or adiaphoria) |
 B3. Severe anomaly in electrolyte or blood and vigour, showing the following situations: (1) Na < 123 mEq/L or > 156 mEq/L; (2) K < 2.5 mEqt/L or > 6.0 mEq/L; (3) HCO3 < 20 mEq/L or > 36 mEq/L; and (4) arterial blood pH < 7.30 or > 7.45 |
 B4. Loss of sight or hearing for 48 h |
 B5. Loss of activity in any part of the body for 48 h |
 B6. Excretion disorder or absence of intestinal peristalsis in the past 24 h |
 B7. Active bleeding |
 B8. Needing blood transfusion because of bleeding |
 B9. Mental disorders caused by non-alcohol dependence |
 B10. Viscera removal or surgical wound dehiscence |
 B11. Pulse less than 50 or greater than 140 beats per minute |
 B12. Abnormal blood pressure: systolic blood pressure < 90 mmHg or > 200 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure < 60 mmHg or > 120 mmHg |
 B13. Ventricular fibrillation or acute myocardial ischemia shown by electrocardiogram (ECG) report or course log |
 B14. Acute hematopathy, severe medium-sized leukopenia, thrombocytopaenia, leukocytosis, erythrocytosis, thrombocytosis or haemolysis-resulted symptoms |
 B15. Progressive acute neurological disorders |
 B16. Soft tissue injuries affecting basic self-care |
 B17. Acute myocardial infarction or cerebrovascular accident (stroke) |
 B18. Spinal cord lesions |
 B19. Lung infection above 50% or leafy lesions according to X-ray examination |
 B20. Hyperemesis or acute pain caused by acute or chronic diseases |