Table showing the 40 cases where a significant abnormality (requiring a subsequent change in clinical management) was missed by the interpreting ED clinician, but subsequently detected as a result of the radiology report (significant ED false negatives)
| Discrepant radiographic interpretations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radiographic examination | Total number of examinations performed | Number | % |
| Wrist | 924 | 7 | 0.76 |
| Chest | 1715 | 6 | 0.35 |
| Ankle | 976 | 5 | 0.51 |
| Foot | 872 | 5 | 0.57 |
| Elbow | 420 | 5 | 1.19 |
| Knee | 478 | 3 | 0.63 |
| Shoulder | 425 | 2 | 0.47 |
| Hip | 370 | 2 | 0.54 |
| Hand | 690 | 1 | 0.14 |
| Finger | 615 | 1 | 0.16 |
| Abdomen | 235 | 1 | 0.43 |
| Skull | 128 | 1 | 0.78 |
| Mandible | 43 | 1 | 2.33 |
| Total | 7891 | 40 | 0.51 |