Awareness of radiation dose associated with common diagnostic procedures in emergency departments: A pilot study | Zendy

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Awareness of radiation dose associated with common diagnostic procedures in emergency departments: A pilot study

Author(s) -

Mohamed Khaldoun Badawy,

Dheeshana Sayakkarage,

Mehmet Özmen

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

australasian medical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1836-1935

DOI - 10.4066/amj.2015.2452

Subject(s) - medicine , medical radiation , seniority , metropolitan area , family medicine , radiation exposure , population , radiation dose , medical physics , medical emergency , environmental health , emergency medicine , nuclear medicine , pathology , political science , law

The large number of diagnostic procedures undertaken in emergency departments (ED) is vital to the early diagnosis and treatment of patients. The use of ionising radiation in diagnosis adds a lifetime attributable risk (LAR) of cancer depending on the region imaged, the frequency of imaging, and dose per exposure.

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