Table 3.
Problems missed at history taking and examination that might have affected perioperative management, with relative risk (nurse risk/doctor risk) and 95% confidence intervals
| No assessed by house officers (n=926)
|
No assessed by nurses (n=948)
|
Total (n=1874)
|
Relative risk(95% CI)
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Problems missed at history taking: | ||||
| Cardiac | 15 | 18 | 33 | 1.18 (0.45 to 2.47) |
| Respiratory | 6 | 13 | 19 | 2.12 (0.81 to 5.54) |
| Other | 35 | 34 | 69 | 0.95 (0.60 to 1.51) |
| Problems missed at examination: | ||||
| Cardiac | 17 | 24 | 41 | 1.38 (0.75 to 2.55) |
| Respiratory | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1.63 (0.39 to 6.79) |
| Other | 24 | 11 | 35 | 0.45 (0.22 to 0.91) |
Totals exceed those given in table 2 as more than one problem was missed in four cases for history and three for examination.