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. 2016 Oct 5;27(6):2451–2462. doi: 10.1007/s00330-016-4598-6

Table 6.

Documentation of incidental findings

Characteristic Total-body CT Standard work-up p
Incidental finding of major relevance, n 24 9
 Trauma letter, n (%) 10 (41.7) 5 (55.6) 0.697
 Discharge letter, n (%) 10 (41.7) 3 (33.3) 0.999
Incidental finding of moderate relevance, n 160 115
 Trauma letter, n (%) 31 (19.4) 21 (18.3) 0.816*
 Discharge letter, n (%) 20 (12.5) 18 (15.7) 0.455*
Incidental finding of minor relevance, n 257 166
 Trauma letter, n (%) 11 (4.3) 9 (5.4) 0.642
 Discharge letter, n (%) 13 (5.1) 6 (3.6) 0.632

* Chi-square, Fisher’s exact