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Table 2 Comparison between patients in groups I and II concerning the injury pattern of severe injuries (AIS3)

From: Radiologic diagnostic procedures in severely injured patients - is only whole-body multislice computed tomography the answer?

 

X-ray followed by WB-MSCT (group I)

Initial WB-MSCT without X-ray (group II)

AIShead (p < 0.05)

55.1% n = 2,220

57.7 % n = 2,338

AISthorax (p = 0.501)

63.5% n = 2,558

64.2 % n = 2,603

AISabdomen (p < 0.05)

23.4% n = 944

21.6% n = 877

AISextremities (p < 0.01)

41.4% n = 1,667

38.1% n = 1,543

  1. AIS = abbreviated injury scale; WB-MSCT = whole-body multislice computed tomography.