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Table 1 Patient Demographics

From: Differences in radiation dose for computed tomography of the brain among pediatric patients at the emergency departments: an observational study

 

Overall (n = 479)

Pediatric ED (n = 379)

General EDs (n = 100)

p-value

Median Age in Years (Interquartile Range)

7 (3 to 12)

6 (2 to 10)

13 (10 to 15)

< 0.001

Gender, n (%)

 

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0.426

 Male

290 (60.5)

226 (59.6)

64 (64.0)

 

Diagnosis, n (%)

   

< 0.001

 Seizure

149 (31.1)

127 (33.5)

22 (22.0)

 

 Head Injury

147 (30.7)

105 (27.7)

42 (42.0)

 

 Altered Mental Status

44 (9.2)

36 (9.5)

8 (8.0)

 

 Stroke

34 (7.1)

34 (9.0)

0 (0)

 

 Headache, not specified

22 (4.6)

9 (2.4)

13 (13.0)

 

 Meningoencephalitis

21 (4.4)

18 (4.7)

3 (3.0)

 

 Intracranial Neoplasm

11 (2.3)

11 (2.9)

0 (0)

 

 Cardiac Arrest

9 (1.9)

4 (1.1)

5 (5.0)

 

 Syncope

9 (1.9)

5 (1.3)

4 (4.0)

 

 Intracranial Haemorrhage

6 (1.3)

4 (1.1)

2 (2.0)

 

 Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt-related

3 (0.6)

3 (0.8)

0 (0)

 

 Others

24 (5.0)

23 (6.1)

1 (1.0)

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