Table 3

Co-occurrence and presence of relations per adverse event and incident type*

Type of adverse eventCo-occurring with incident(s) in admission 1973 (100.0)Related to co-occurring incident(s) 262 (13.3)Unrelated to co-occurring incident(s) 1711 (86.7)
n (column %)n (row %)n (row %)
Inflammation/infection587 (29.8)63 (10.7)524 (89.3)
Functional disorder384 (19.5)46 (12.0)338 (88.0)
Symptom without diagnosis140 (7.1)35 (25.0)105 (75.0)
Bleeding/haematoma141 (7.1)11 (7.8)130 (92.2)
Other/non-specified121 (6.1)18 (14.9)103 (85.1)
Psychological disturbance118 (6.0)35 (29.7)83 (70.3)
Accumulation of body fluids94 (4.8)11 (11.7)83 (88.3)
Thrombosis/embolus84 (4.3)14 (16.7)70 (83.3)
Abnormal wound healing74 (3.8)4 (5.4)70 (94.6)
Injury by mechanical/physical-chemical disturbance68 (3.4)11 (16.2)57 (83.8)
Rejection/allergy/immunological reaction41 (2.1)8 (19.5)33 (80.5)
Pressure sore40 (2.0)4 (10.0)36 (90.0)
Necrosis/infarction32 (1.6)1 (3.1)31 (96.9)
Shock20 (1.0)1 (5.0)19 (95)
Ischaemia12 (0.6)0 (0)12 (100.0)
Procedure with unintended substandard outcome10 (0.5)0 (0)10 (100.0)
Fistula7 (0.4)0 (0)7 (100.0)