Diagnostic error frequency
| Disease | Number of cases (%) (N=209) |
|---|---|
| Sepsis | 20 (9.6) |
| Acute coronary syndrome | 19 (9.1) |
| Fractures—vertebral spine, extremity, rib or pelvic | 18 (8.6) |
| Vascular injury* | 18 (8.6) |
| Cerebrovascular accident | 8 (3.8) |
| Cardiac dysrhythmia | 6 (2.9) |
| Non-septic shock | 6 (2.9) |
| Hypoglycaemia | 6 (2.9) |
| Ectopic pregnancy | 5 (2.4) |
| Electrolyte derangement | 5 (2.4) |
| Pericardial effusion | 5 (2.4) |
| Pneumonia | 5 (2.4) |
| Pulmonary embolism | 5 (2.4) |
| Abscess | 4 (1.9) |
| Appendicitis | 4 (1.9) |
| Bowel injury | 4 (1.9) |
| Gastrointestinal bleeding | 4 (1.9) |
| Coagulopathy | 3 (1.4) |
| Haemoperitoneum | 3 (1.4) |
| Intestinal malrotation | 3 (1.4) |
| Meningitis | 3 (1.4) |
| Peritonitis | 3 (1.4) |
| Rh-negative status | 3 (1.4) |
| Small bowel obstruction | 3 (1.4) |
| Cerebral oedema | 2 (1.0) |
| Cholecystitis | 2 (1.0) |
| Diabetic ketoacidosis | 2 (1.0) |
| Epidural haematoma | 2 (1.0) |
| Hypoxia | 2 (1.0) |
| Intraocular foreign body | 2 (1.0) |
| Subarachnoid haemorrhage | 2 (1.0) |
| Subdural haematoma | 2 (1.0) |
| Testicular injury | 2 (1.0) |
| Urinary tract infection/pyelonephritis | 2 (1.0) |
| Acute closure glaucoma | 1 (0.5) |
| Angioedema | 1 (0.5) |
| Autonomic dysreflexia | 1 (0.5) |
| Brugada syndrome | 1 (0.5) |
| Cancer | 1 (0.5) |
| Cardiac injury | 1 (0.5) |
| Central vertigo | 1 (0.5) |
| Complex migraine | 1 (0.5) |
| Cranial nerve palsy | 1 (0.5) |
| Hirschsprung enterocolitis | 1 (0.5) |
| Hyperglycaemia | 1 (0.5) |
| Hypokalemic periodic paralysis | 1 (0.5) |
| Infected kidney stone | 1 (0.5) |
| Intra-abdominal bleeding | 1 (0.5) |
| Intracranial shunt malfunction | 1 (0.5) |
| Laryngeal mass | 1 (0.5) |
| Nephrotic syndrome | 1 (0.5) |
| Demyelinating disease | 1 (0.5) |
| Neutropenia | 1 (0.5) |
| Ovarian torsion | 1 (0.5) |
| Pericarditis | 1 (0.5) |
| Pleural effusion | 1 (0.5) |
| Pulmonary contusion | 1 (0.5) |
| Pregnancy | 1 (0.5) |
| Pulmonary oedema | 1 (0.5) |
| Spinal cord compression | 1 (0.5) |
| Strangulated abdominal hernia | 1 (0.5) |
| Symptomatic anaemia | 1 (0.5) |
| Urethral injury | 1 (0.5) |
| Urinary retention | 1 (0.5) |
| Worsening brain metastasis | 1 (0.5) |
*Aortic dissection, aortic arch injury, carotid dissection, extremity arterial insufficiency, inferior epigastric arterial injury, ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, superior mesenteric artery injury, vertebral artery dissection.