Paediatric interventional cardiology in Costa Rica: diagnostic reference levels and estimation of population dose.
J Radiol Prot
; 38(1): 218-228, 2018 03 01.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29160230
ABSTRACT
The goal of the present study was to propose a set of national diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) in Costa Rica for paediatric interventional cardiology (IC) procedures classified by age and weight and to estimate the collective dose of the paediatric population from these intervention practices. The data collection period was May 2016 to May 2017. The third quartile of patient dose data distributions for kerma-area product (KAP) values was set as the national DRLs. A sample of 154 paediatric IC procedures (collected in the national paediatric hospital with a single x-ray system) was used and divided into four age ranges and five weight ranges. The national DRLs obtained for KAPs by age range were 1.79 Gy cm2 (<1 year) to 23.0 Gy cm2 (10-15 years). The national DRLs obtained for KAPs by weight range were 1.0 Gy cm2 (<10 kg) to 49.6 Gy cm2 (50-79 kg). The contribution to the collective dose of the population of Costa Rica amounted to 0.78 person Sv.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Radiografia Intervencionista
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
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Newborn
País/Região como assunto:
America central
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Costa rica
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Radiol Prot
Assunto da revista:
RADIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Chile