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Table 2 Imaging modalities used other than musculoskeletal ultrasound between the group of hospitalised and non-hospitalised patients

From: The fast-track outpatient clinic significantly decreases hospitalisation rates among polymyalgia rheumatica patients

 

Group A

Hospitalised

N 54

Group B

Non-Hospitalised

N 256

P values

Imagining examination was performed n (%)

44(81.4%)

37(14.3%)

<  0,00001

PET-CT n(%)

3(5.5%)

9(3.5%)

0.444

CT-Chest/Abdomen n(%)

18(33.3%)

10(3.8%)

<  0.00001

Chest X-ray n(%)

18(33.3%)

5(1.9%)

<  0.00001

Bone Scintigraphy n(%)

3(5.5%)

4(1.5%)

0.156

Abdominal US n(%)

6(11.1%)

2(0.7%)

0.0005

Axial MR n(%)

5(9.2%)

6(2.3%)

0.027

  1. PET-CT Positron emission tomography-computed tomography, CT Computer tomography, US Ultrasound, MR Magnetic resonance