Table 2.

Respondents’ ranking of conditions most commonly misdiagnosed in paediatric cardiac critical care.

Conditions	Total (N = 200)		Nurses (N = 124)		Provider groups* (N = 76)
	n (%)	Average ranking	n (%)	Average ranking	n (%)	Average ranking
Medication side effects	73 (37)	0.81	37 (30)	0.65	36 (47)	1.08
Psychiatric conditions	41 (21)	0.36	24 (19)	0.37	17 (22)	0.34
Sepsis	34 (17)	0.35	27 (21)	0.44	7 (9)	0.21
Pulmonary overcirculation	27 (14)	0.28	15 (12)	0.25	12 (16)	0.34
Arrhythmia	26 (13)	0.28	14 (11)	0.27	12 (16)	0.32
Viral illness diagnosed as bacterial illness	25 (13)	0.26	14 (11)	0.21	11 (14)	0.34
Stroke	19 (10)	0.19	9 (7)	0.15	10 (13)	0.26
Adrenal insufficiency	7 (4)	0.19	7 (6)	0.11	10 (13)	0.32
Primary heart failure	21 (11)	0.17	12 (10)	0.18	9 (12)	0.16
Seizure	15 (8)	0.16	6 (5)	0.10	9 (12)	0.25
Pulmonary hypertension	17 (9)	0.15	9 (7)	0.11	8 (11)	0.22
Pleural/pericardial effusion	14 (7)	0.12	11 (9)	0.16	3 (4)	0.07
Systemic or pulmonary venous obstruction	14 (7)	0.12	5 (4)	0.06	9 (12)	0.22
Circulatory shock	9 (5)	0.08	6 (5)	0.09	3 (4)	0.07
Endocarditis	5 (3)	0.06	3 (2)	0.06	2 (3)	0.05
Pneumothorax	7 (4)	0.05	3 (2)	0.03	4 (5)	0.08
Pneumonia	5 (3)	0.04	3 (2)	0.06	2 (3)	0.03
Atrial or ventricular shunts	4 (2)	0.04	1 (0.8)	0.02	3 (4)	0.05
Valve regurgitation	4 (2)	0.03	4 (3)	0.04	0 (0)	0 (0)
Outflow tract obstruction	1 (0.5)	0.01	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (1)	0.03

Friedman test showed significant differences among the ranked options between nurses and provider groups (p = ⩽0.001)

^*Includes medical doctors and advanced practice providers