Sunny with a Chance of Trauma: CT Scans Spike in Hot Weather (IMAGE)

Radiological Society of North America

Sunny with a Chance of Trauma: CT Scans Spike in Hot Weather

Caption

Visual presentation of normalized number of polytrauma CTs and: (A) temperature with a positive association. (B) precipitation without an association. (C) wind speed with a negative association. (D) sunshine with a positive association. (E) UV-light amount with a positive association. (F) cloudiness with a negative association.

Credit

RSNA and Martin Segeroth, M.D.

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