Table 3.

Ranking of Conditions Respondents Considered Most Commonly Misdiagnosed in Pediatric Practice^*

	Total (n=727)		Trainee (n=291)		Academic Pediatrician (n=289)		Community Pediatrician (n=165)
	n (%)	Ave. rank	n (%)	Ave. rank	n (%)	Ave. rank	n (%)	Ave. rank
Viral Illness Diagnosed as Bacterial Illness	379 (52)	1.28	161 (55)	1.32	131 (48)	1.17	87 (53)	1.41
Medication Side Effects	383 (53)	1.12	164 (56)	1.27	153 (56)	1.16	66 (40)	0.76
Psychiatric Disorders	232 (32)	0.58	92 (32)	0.59	86 (32)	0.59	54 (33)	0.53
Appendicitis	202 (28)	0.53	79 (27)	0.48	65 (24)	0.48	58 (35)	0.70
Asthma	121 (17)	0.31	45 (15)	0.30	53 (20)	0.37	23 (14)	0.22
Otitis Media	116 (16)	0.31	39 (13)	0.26	49 (18)	0.37	28 (17)	0.29
Intussusception	93 (13)	0.24	35 (12)	0.21	34 (13)	0.23	24 (15)	0.30
Developmental Dysplasia of the hip	101 (14)	0.23	37 (13)	0.18	31 (11)	0.20	33 (20)	0.38
Pneumonia	74 (10)	0.16	31 (11)	0.17	23 (8)	0.13	20 (12)	0.19
Meningitis	59 (8)	0.15	21 (7)	0.13	19 (7)	0.14	19 (12)	0.22
Testicular Torsion	37 (5)	0.10	13 (4)	0.07	13 (5)	0.10	11 (7)	0.14
Bronchiolitis	37 (5)	0.07	24 (8)	0.11	11 (4)	0.06	2 (1)	0.01
Other	30 (4)	0.06	2 (1)	0.01	26 (10)	0.15	2 (1)	0.01
Fracture	26 (4)	0.06	7 (2)	0.03	11 (4)	0.06	8 (5)	0.10

^*The Friedman test showed significant differences among the ranked options (p < 0.0001)