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Table 3 Spectrum and frequency of emergency room imaging findings at 348 visits

From: Emergency room imaging in pediatric patients with cancer: analysis of the spectrum and frequency of imaging modalities and findings in a tertiary cancer center and their relationship with survival

Characteristic

N = 348

Positive

192 (55.2%)

Metastasis or primary tumor

69 (19.8%)

Increased

50 (14.4%)

Unchanged

10 (2.9%)

No comparison

8 (2.3%)

Decreased

1 (0.3%)

Pneumonia

47 (13.5%)

Other lung findings

12 (3.4%)

Inflammation/infection (others)a

10 (2.9%)

Bowel obstruction

8 (2.3%)

Musculoskeletal

8 (2.3%)

Bowel inflammation/infection

6 (1.7%)

Abscess or complicated fluid

6 (1.7%)

Bleeding/hematoma

4 (1.1%)

Catheter- or device-related problem

6 (1.7%)

Genitourinary inflammation/infection

6 (1.7%)

Pneumatosis

4 (1.1%)

Brain abnormalities

2 (0.6%)

Other

4 (1.1%)

Negative

156 (44.8%)

  1. Data are no. of visits with percentage in parenthesis
  2. a Infection in body parts other than the bowel, urinary tract, and lungs