Research Article

Incidental Findings on CT Scans in the Emergency Department

Table 1

Incidental findings and reporting rates by CT type.

CT typeNumber of CTsRate of CTs with incidental findingsNumber of unique incidental findingsIncidental findings reportedReporting rate

Head40519.8%9688.3%
Thorax7846.2%5038.0%
Abdomen/pelvis19956.3%2022311.4%

Total68233.4%348349.8%