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7               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about hiatus hernia and death from hiatus hernia.
Meaning of hiatus hernia
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, hiatus hernia:
(a)           means an acquired protrusion of intra-abdominal tissue through the oesophageal hiatus of the diaphragm into the thoracic cavity; and
(b)           includes:
(i)             mixed sliding and paraoesophageal hiatus hernia;
(ii)          paraoesophageal hiatus hernia; and
(iii)       sliding hiatus hernia; and
(c)          excludes:
(i)            congenital hiatus hernia;
(ii)          eventration of the diaphragm; and
(iii)       physiological herniation during swallowing.
                Note 1: Hiatus hernia is also known as hiatal hernia, and can be classified as type I, II, III or IV.
                Note 2: Most patients are asymptomatic. The clinical features of hiatus hernia can include heartburn, regurgitation, chest pain, postprandial fullness, nausea and retching.
Death from hiatus hernia
(3)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, hiatus hernia, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's hiatus hernia.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.