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. 2013 Jul-Aug;29(4):951–956. doi: 10.12669/pjms.294.3469

Table-II.

Association between emergency physicians’ characteristics and familiar with CCHR

Characteristics OR 95% CI P
Years of practice (vs. ≤5 years)
           >15 1.27 0.09-18.95 0.861
           11-15 0.89 0.10-7.95 0.914
           6-10 0.84 0.11-6.31 0.869
Current professional rank (vs. resident)
           Attending 0.96 0.14-6.70 0.967
           Fellow 0.99 0.11-8.84 0.992
Primary training (vs. emergency medicine)
           Medicine 1.15 0.48-2.79 0.752
           Surgery 1.37 0.54-3.52 0.507
     Male gender 1.41 0.72-2.74 0.314
     Teaching hospital 0.85 0.42-1.70 0.639
Approximate annual ED visit volume (vs. <50,000 )
           50,000-100,000 1.50 0.41-5.47 0.542
           >100,000 2.25 0.50-10.04 0.288
Approximate monthly trauma visit volume (vs. <500 )
           500-1000 1.44 0.41-5.11 0.569
           >1000 1.16 0.33-4.15 0.819
Head CT available anytime 0.70 0.16-3.10 0.642
Received specific training regarding radiation dose of CT 5.87 3.08-11.21 <0.001

CCHR, Canadian Computed Tomography Head Rule, ED, emergency department, CT, computed tomography, OR, Odds Ratio, CI, confidence interval.