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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2013 Mar;74(3):813–817. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182789399

Table 2.

Frequency of diagnostic CT scans in patients transferred to regional trauma center.

VT NY* Total
CT at outside hospital 56 81 137
CT at trauma center 41 (73%) 47 (58%) 87 (49%)
Duplicate CT scan 17 (30%) 21 (26%) 38 (28%)
Total CTs/patient, median (IQR) 2 (1–3) 1 (1–3) 2 (1–3)

IQR, interquartile range

*

Includes one patient from NH