Table 2

Adverse event (AE) types and severity for 53 AEs

 No. (and %*) of events
AEPreventable AE
N=53N=30
Event classification
 Management issue16 (30.2)12 (40.0)
 Diagnostic issue15 (28.3)13 (43.3)
 Medication adverse effect11 (20.8)2 (6.7)
 Procedural complication10 (18.9)3 (10.0)
 Unsafe disposition decision1 (1.9)0 (0)
Severity of harm
 Symptoms only21 (39.6)9 (30.0)
 Transient disability31 (58.5)20 (66.7)
 Death1 (1.9)1 (3.3)
  • *Denominator is total number of events for each column.