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. 2020 Sep 10;8(3):E568–E576. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20200148

Table 2:

Patient characteristics and volumes of emergency department CT examinations performed at Hamilton Health Sciences*

Variable Before pandemic During pandemic p value
Patient age, yr, median (range) 67 (0–103) 65 (0–98) 0.06
Patient sex, % male (male to female ratio) 45.4 (464:557) 47.4 (330:366)
CT examinations, no. (95% CI)
 CT examination of the head, n = 944 587 (540–636) 357 (321–396) < 0.001
 CT angiogram of the head and neck, n = 76 47 (35–63) 29 (19–42) 0.04
 CT pulmonary angiogram, n = 222 146 (123–172) 76 (60–95) < 0.001
 CT examination of the abdomen and pelvis, n = 475 241 (212–273) 234 (205–266) 0.7
Total, n = 1717 1021 (959–1086) 696 (645–750) < 0.001

Note: CI = confidence interval, CT = computed tomography.

*

Data are presented as total counts unless otherwise indicated.