Subjective reasons for discharging patients with CSAEs and objective review to define the causes of CSAEs in discharged patients (n=165)
| Emergency physicians' subjective reasons | Objective review to define the causes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mild diseases | 59 | Insufficiency of history record | 55 |
| Improved symptoms | 53 | Insufficiency of physical examinations | 11 |
| Patients' wish to be discharged (not ‘discharge against advice’) | 22 | Insufficiency of laboratory/radiological examinations | 36 |
| Normal laboratory and/or radiological examinations | 20 | Observation of symptom | 47 |
| The patient can be followed up in the outpatient clinic | 7 | Observation of treatment response | 32 |
| Normal physical examinations | 4 | Judgement defect | 1 |
| Consultant's opinions | 10 | ||
CSAE, clinically significant adverse events.
Some cases had more than one cause.