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Table 3 Most commonly misreported events by Anesthesiologists (a)

From: Are surgeons and anesthesiologists lying to each other or gaming the system? A national random sample survey about “truth-telling practices” in the perioperative setting in the United States

Anesthesia actions that impacted vital signs (e.g. a recruitment maneuver)

34 (27 %)

Vital signs different than those measured

25 (20 %)

Volume of Fluid Given

23 (18 %)

Anesthesia related adverse events, regardless of how minor, routine, or seemingly unimportant (eg Chipped tooth or bloddy lip following intubation)

19 (15 %)

Vasopressor

18 (14 %)

Drugs

11 (9 %)

Medication dose

11 (9 %)

  1. aPercent respondents ackowledging intentional misreporting of information monthly or more often