The phrase "accidental presentations" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to presentations that occur unintentionally or without prior planning.
Example: "During the meeting, we had a few accidental presentations that turned out to be quite informative."
Alternatives: "unplanned presentations" or "unexpected presentations".
The mean time from exposure to ED presentation for accidental cases was 2.4 h and for non-accidental cases was 4.2 h with an average mean time of 3.3 h for all cases.
33 We suggest that most genuine accidental falls were appropriately identified at presentation and those referred were a high-risk population.
Among the 500 cases, seven of the most unusual self-inflicted accidental gunshot deaths are selected for this presentation.
Table 6 illustrates the number of agents involved per toxic exposure, the route of exposure, the place of exposure and the time delay from exposure to presentation at the hospital stratified by accidental versus non-accidental causes.
However, no data are provided regarding relative times of presentation or ingested dose in the accidental and deliberate ingestion groups.
A 25-year-old Caucasian man was referred to our outpatient clinic, two months after initial presentation at the Emergency Room because of accidental exposure to bloodborne pathogens.
This study adds to previous studies of child abuse as a cause of major injury, and in the context of major trauma describes a different demography, pattern of injury and presentation of abusive injury compared with accidental injury.
2. Sprigge J. S., Harper S. J. Accidental dural puncture and post dural puncture headache in obstetric anaesthesia: presentation and management: A 23-year survey in a district general hospital Anaesthesia, 2008, 63, pages 36 43.
Patients with "atypical" clinical presentation (such as mental status changes, increasing lethargy, or accidental falls without the classic symptoms such as productive cough, dyspnea, or fever; N = 17) were included in the final data analysis.
Although accidental blunt trauma to the neck is a commoner cause of acute trauma presentation, national statistics for 2009/10 confirm a general progressive rise in the number of homicides involving knives and sharp instruments over the last five decades [1, 2].
