Radiation exposure among patients with the highest CT scan utilization in the emergency department

Abstract The risk of cancer from computed tomography (CT) scan radiation is a rising concern in the medical field. Our objectives were to determine how many patients received more than ten CT scans in an academic emergency department (ED) over the course of 7 years and to quantify their radiation ex...
Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Autor*in:

Shah, Kaushal H. [verfasserIn]

Slovis, Benjamin H. [verfasserIn]

Runde, Dan [verfasserIn]

Godbout, Brandon [verfasserIn]

Newman, David H. [verfasserIn]

Lee, Jarone [verfasserIn]

Format:

E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2013

Schlagwörter:

Radiation exposure

Computed tomography

Emergency department

Lifetime attributable risk

Übergeordnetes Werk:

Enthalten in: Emergency radiology - Heidelberg : Springer, 1994, 20(2013), 6 vom: 14. Juli, Seite 485-491

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:20 ; year:2013 ; number:6 ; day:14 ; month:07 ; pages:485-491

Links:

Volltext

DOI / URN:

10.1007/s10140-013-1142-8

Katalog-ID:

SPR008857989

Nicht das Richtige dabei?

Schreiben Sie uns!