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Table 2 Mean cumulative effective doses (mSv)

From: Effects of a radiation dose reduction strategy for computed tomography in severely injured trauma patients in the emergency department: an observational study

 

Control group

Intervention group

p

Brain CT

4.88 (4.10-5.65)

3.27 (3.01-3.51)

< 0.001

Cervical spine CT

1.31 (0.43-2.17)

1.18 (0.85-1.50)

0.779

Facial bone CT

2.88 (1.90-3.84)

1.03 (0.73-1.35)

0.001

Pelvic bone CT

3.66 (0.76-6.55)

0.75 (0.25-1.26)

0.053

Chest-Abdomen CT

28.42 (24.15-32.67)

9.92 (9.17-10.76)

< 0.001

Total CT

78.71 (65.80-91.61)

29.50 (27.37-31.74)

< 0.001

  1. Data are means (95% confidence interval) unless noted.
  2. CT: Computed tomography