Table 3.

Predictive value of co-occurrence of a medical incident commonly captured by automated data systems and a suspect prescribing discrepancy.

	Occurrences	ADEs	Positive predictive value
Incident/example of suspect discrepancy	(N)*	(N)	(N/N) (95% CI)
Pain**/analgesic discrepancy	59	22	.37 (.25–.51)
High blood pressure**/antihypertensive discrepancy	32	8	.33 (.16–.55)
Renal insufficiency**/angiotensin blocker discrepancy	14	4	.29 (.10–.58)
Low blood pressure**/antihypertensive discrepancy	34	6	.18 (.07–.35)
Fever**/antibiotic discrepancy	28	2	.07 (.01–.25)

^*Episode types are included that had at least 10 occurrences.

^**Pain: new or worse pain; fever: temperature > 100.5 F (38 C); high blood pressure: new systolic blood pressure > 185, or diastolic blood pressure > 105, or an increase in systolic or diastolic blood pressure of 30mm; low blood pressure: new systolic blood pressure < 95, or a drop in systolic blood pressure of 30mm; renal insufficiency: new creatinine increase >0.5 mg/dl.