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Table 2 Characteristics of included studies- ED time

From: Comparison of whole-body computed tomography vs selective radiological imaging on outcomes in major trauma patients: a meta-analysis

 

Number of cases

WBCT ED Time

NWBCT ED Time

Pvalue

Reference

WBCT

NWBCT

Mean/median

SD/IQR

Mean/median

SD/IQR

Huber-Wagneret al. [19]

9233

7486

70.69#&

41.063#&

81.38#&

46.53#&

<0.05

Weninger et al. [39]

185

185

70#

17#

104#

21#

0.025

Wurmb et al. [4]

82

79

47*

37-59*

82*

66-110*

<0.001

Hutter et al. [21]

608

313

83.5#

49.2#

144.7#

115.8#

<0.001

Mao et al. [43]

48

75

124.4#

60.88#

112.8#

72.74#

0.359

Bi et al. [42]

58

87

32(NR)

NR

52(NR)

NR

NR

  1. #mean/SD; *median/IQR; SD, standard deviation; IQR, interquartile range.
  2. & personal communication.
  3. WBCT, whole-body computed tomography.
  4. NWBCT, no CT or only dedicated CT of one or combined body regions was done (non-whole- body CT).
  5. NR, not reported.
  6. ED, emergency department.