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. 2021 Jul 26;181(9):1–7. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.3942

Table 2. Reports in the MAUDE Database in Categories Other Than Death in Which the Patient Had Died in All Reports Reviewed.

Term Total No. No. % of Reports that were classified as death (with 95% CI when calculated)a
Reports Nondeath reports Reports reviewed Reports in which the patient had died
Patient
Expired 28 239 3416 100 100 100 (96-100)
Died 23 482 3155 100 100 100 (96-100)
Subsequently expired 26 936 2688 100 100 100 (96-100)
Decedent 20 903 2657 100 100 100 (96-100)
Patients expired 8779 1331 100 100 100 (96-100)
Patient died 1462 1019 100 100 100 (96-100)
Time of death 8329 718 100 100 100 (96-100)
Patient died 4363 598 100 100 100 (96-100)
Patient later expired 431 153 100 100 100 (96-100)
Found dead 769 76 76 76 100
Patient who died 148 64 64 64 100
Could not be resuscitated 281 38 38 38 100
Baby died 54 20 20 20 100
Patients who expired 27 9 9 9 100
Organ failure and expired 47 9 9 9 100
Unreported cause of death 5 3 3 3 100
Babies died 6 3 3 3 100
Total No. of reviewed reports for all 62 terms NA NA 7951 NA NA

Abbreviations: MAUDE, manufacturer and user facility device experience; NA, not applicable.

a

Percentage of reports that were classified as death equal to the number of deaths that were identified on manual review/total number of nondeath reports ×100. A 95% confidence interval was calculated for this percentage in the cases in which only a subset of reports were reviewed.