Emergency whole-body CT scans in pediatric patients with trauma: patterns of injuries, yield of dual-phase scanning, and influence of second read on detection of injuries.

• When performed as a first-line imaging evaluation, approximately 41% of WBCT for MT children were considered normal. • The three most common injuries were pulmonary contusions, costal fractures, and Magerl A1 vertebral fractures, but the patterns of traumatic injuries on WBCT depended on the children's age and the trauma mechanism. • The independent predictors of missed injuries were age ≤ 4 years, number of body parts involved ≥ 2, and total number of injuries ≥ 3.