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Table 2 Technical investigations in the ED

From: Diagnostic error in the Emergency Department: follow up of patients with minor trauma in the outpatient clinic

Tests

Area

Specific location

number

X-ray

   
 

Face

Nose

1

 

Upper limb

Shoulder

7

  

Elbow

3

  

Wrist

8

  

Hand

5

  

Finger

2

  

Humerus

6

  

Radius/ulna

6

 

Lower limb

Hip

8

  

Knee

9

  

Ankle

16

  

Foot

9

  

Femur

6

  

Tibia/fibula

7

 

Pelvis

 

5

 

Spinal column

Cervical spine

9

  

Thoracic spine

2

  

Lumbar spine

4

 

Thorax

 

7

CT scan

 

Brain

3

  

Cervical spine

3

Ultrasound

  

2

Total

  

128