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Table 2 Abbreviated Injury Scale and Injury Severity Score among patients with whole-body or selective computed tomography

From: Impact of whole-body computed tomography on mortality and surgical management of severe blunt trauma

 

Selective CT

(n= 254)

Whole-body CT

(n= 1,696)

P value

 

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

 

AIS

     

   Head

    

0.07

< 4

134

52.8

995

58.7

 

≥ 4

120

47.2

701

41.3

 

   Neck

    

0.62

< 4

254

100

1,687

99.5

 

≥ 4

0

0

9

0.5

 

   Abdomen

    

0.72

< 4

238

93.7

1,579

93.1

 

≥ 4

16

6.3

117

6.9

 

   Thorax

    

< 0.001

< 4

216

85.0

1,175

69.3

 

≥ 4

38

15.0

521

30.7

 

   Spine

    

0.05

< 4

240

94.5

1,540

90.8

 

≥ 4

14

5.5

253

9.2

 

   Lower limb

    

< 0.001

< 4

251

98.8

1,594

94.0

 

≥ 4

3

1.2

102

6.0

 

   Upper limb

    

1

< 3

254

100

1,695

99.9

 

≥ 3

0

0

1

0.1

 

   Face

    

0.20

< 4

251

98.8

1,687

99.5

 

≥ 4

3

1.2

9

0.5

 

ISS

    

< 0.001

< 25

130

51.2

642

37.9

 

25-34

105

41.3

617

36.4

 

≥ 35

19

7.5

437

25.8

 
  1. AIS, Abbreviated Injury Scale; CT, computed tomography; ISS, Injury Severity Score.
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