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. 2019 May 20;10:54. doi: 10.1186/s13244-019-0731-9

Table 2.

Number of appropriate and inappropriate requests and appropriateness rates (AR) for CT according to the type of CT examination

Appropriate Inappropriate AR
Abdominal-pelvic area 47 28 63%
 Abdomen-pelvis CT 39 26 60%
 Renal CT angiography 2 0 100%
 CT-guided abdominal drainage 2 0 100%
 CT Urography 4 2 67%
Extremity area 22 21 51%
 Knee CT arthrography 1 10 9%
 Lower extremities CT (other) 5 5 50%
 Lower extremities CT angiography 5 0 100%
 Upper extremities CT 6 2 75%
 Upper extremities CT angiography 5 4 56%
Spinal area 26 66 28%
 Lumbar spine CT 10 51 16%
 Cervical spine CT 13 13 50%
 Dorsal spine CT 1 2 33%
 Spinal CT infiltration 2 0 100%
Chest-Abdominal-Pelvic area 39 9 81%
 Chest-abdomen-pelvis CT 32 8 80%
 Head-chest-abdomen-pelvis CT 7 1 88%
Head-Neck area 54 14 79%
 Cerebral CT 18 9 67%
 Brain or Neck Angio-CT 3 2 60%
 Temporal bone CT 4 0 100%
 Sinus CT 13 3 81%
 ORL CT (other) 7 0 100%
 Dental CT 9 0 100%
Chest area 48 14 77%
 Chest CT 37 13 74%
 Chest-abdomen CT angiography 11 1 92%