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. 2012 May 15;184(8):869–876. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.111420

Table 2:

Diagnostic accuracy of single-pass pan-scanning, by group and body region

Region No. of injuries Prevalence of injuries, % Sensitivity Specificity Positive predictive value, % (95% CI) Negative predictive value, % (95% CI)


No. of true positive pan-scan results / total number of injuries % (95% CI) No. of true negative pan-scan results / total number of negative results % (95% CI)
All patients,n = 982

Head and neck 338 34.0 286/338 84.6 (80.3–88.3) 637/644 98.9 (97.8–99.6) 97.6 (95.1–99.0) 92.5 (90.2–94.3)

Face 191 19.0 152/191 79.6 (73.2–85.1) 784/791 99.1 (98.2–99.6) 95.6 (91.1–98.2) 95.3 (93.6–96.6)

Chest 362 37.0 314/362 86.7 (82.8–90.1) 613/620 98.9 (97.7–99.5) 97.8 (95.6–99.1) 92.7 (90.5–94.6)

Abdomen 252 26.0 216/254 85.7 (80.8–89.8) 712/770 97.5 (96.1–98.5) 92.3 (88.1–95.4) 95.2 (93.4–96.6)

Pelvis 145 15.0 125/145 86.2 (79.5–91.4) 835/837 99.8 (99.1–100) 98.4 (94.4–99.8) 97.7 (96.4–98.6)

Patients with multiple trauma,n = 360

Head and neck 239 66.0 220/239 92.1 (87.9–95.1) 119/121 98.3 (94.2–99.8) 99.1 (96.8–99.9) 86.2 (79.3–91.5)

Face 102 28.0 87/102 85.3 (76.9–91.5) 253/258 98.1 (95.5–99.4) 94.6 (87.8–98.2) 94.4 (90.9–96.8)

Chest 220 61.0 197/220 89.5 (84.7–93.3) 137/140 97.9 (93.9–99.6) 98.5 (95.7–99.7) 85.6 (79.2–90.7)

Abdomen 141 39.0 125/141 88.7 (82.2–93.4) 209/219 95.4 (91.8–97.8) 92.6 (86.8–96.4) 92.9 (88.7–95.9)

Pelvis 84 23.0 75/84 89.3 (80.6–95.0) 274/276 99.3 (97.4–99.9) 97.4 (90.9–99.7) 96.8 (94.0–98.5)

Note: CI = confidence interval.