|
Fracture diagnoses (2002–2004)
|
False Positive
|
False negative
|
Sum Diagnostic Errors
|
Control group
|
P
|
|---|
|
N
|
21
|
40
|
61
|
100
| |
|
Male: Female
|
8:13
|
19:21
|
27:34
|
50:50
|
NS
|
|
Age Yrs (s. d.)
|
31 (20.6)
|
45.1 (27.7)
|
40.2 (26.2)
|
44.7 (27.3)
|
NS
|
|
First ED visit between 8 pm – 2 am*
|
13
|
13
|
26
|
20
|
<0.005
|
|
X-ray on first ED visit
|
21
|
33
|
54
|
99
|
<0.005
|
|
Doubt of x-ray interpretation noted by intern
|
13
|
13
|
26
|
9
|
<0.001
|
|
Seen only by an intern
|
14
|
23
|
37
|
86
|
NS
|
|
Intern + a resident
|
4
|
14
|
18
|
10
|
<0.05
|
|
Intern + a consultant (surgery or radiology)
|
3
|
3
|
6
|
1
|
NS
|
- *Digits not available for all patients
