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Table 1 Radiological examinations

From: Imaging intensive care patients: multidisciplinary conferences as a quality improvement initiative to reduce medical error

 

Number

Percentage (%)

Imaging modality

CT

577

88.6

MRI

34

5.2

X-ray

40

6.1

Body region examined

Head

128

40.5

Neck

25

7.9

Chest

188

59.5

Abdomen

129

40.8

Pelvis

95

30.1

Other

12

3.8

  1. Each category of body region comprises all examinations performed of that region. E.g. a CT head, abdomen, legs is included in all of those categories: head, abdomen, other. “Other” includes examinations of the spine (n = 5), heart (n = 4), and leg(s) (n = 3). Percentages were calculated for examinations in which imaging modality (n = 651) or body region examined (n = 316) were documented. In 322 examinations, imaging modality was unknown and in 657 examinations, body region examined was unknown