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Table 3 Interval imaging times in hours for patients with spinal epidural abscess in a retrospective cohort study at Oregon Health & Science University, 2015–2018

From: Time-to-completed-imaging, survival and function in patients with spinal epidural abscess: Description of a series of 34 patients, 2015–2018

Time from:

Plegia or death (n = 7)

No plegia or death (n = 27)

ED presentation to imaging order

20.8 (37.0)

29.2 (44.9)

Imaging order to imaging completed

11.5 (8.6)

14.2 (23.3)

Imaging completed to final imaging read

20.9 (33.6)

7.1 (7.3)

Final imaging read to surgical intervention (n = 5 for plegia/died, n = 19 for survived)

4.9 (9.4)

46.2 (52.1)