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Table 4 Injury patterns (AIS3) in patients with different injury severity levels in groups I and II

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

 

ISS

AIS > 2

 
  

Head

Thorax

Abdomen

Extremities

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

16 to 24

36.6%

49.9%

11.8%

34.2%

4.3%

25 to 49

64.2%

69.5%

27.5%

43.5%

21.7%

50+

83.2%

88.1%

50.9%

60.5%

58.8%

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

16 to 24

39.4 % (p = 0.105) chi2 = 2,624

51.9% (p = 0.253) chi2 = 1.308

11.0% (p = 0.465) chi2 = 0.534

31.8% (p = 0.149) chi2 = 2.085

4.5% (p = 0.728) chi2 = 0.121

25 to 49

66.6% (p = 0.096) chi2 = 2.771

70.0% (p = 0.717) chi2 = 0.131

24.9% (p = 0.058) chi2 = 3.585

39.8% (p < 0.05) chi2 = 6.011

21.5% (p = 0.897) chi2 = 0.017

50+

84.5% (p = 0.650) chi2 = 0.205

83.4% (p = 0.074) chi2 = 3.196

48.5% (p = 0.526) chi2 = 0. 402

55.1% (p = 0.145) chi2 = 2.120

60.1% (p = 0.723) chi2 = 0.126

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