Diagnostic radiation exposure in children with spinal dysraphism: an estimation of the cumulative effective dose in a cohort of 135 children from The Netherlands.
Arch Dis Child
; 98(9): 680-5, 2013 Sep.
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OBJECTIVE: Based on the assumption that children with spinal dysraphism are exposed to a large amount of ionising radiation for diagnostic purposes, our objective was to estimate this exposure, expressed in cumulative effective dose. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTINGS: The Netherlands. PATIENTS: 135 patients with spinal dysraphism and under 18 years of age treated at our institution between 1991 and 2010. RESULTS: A total of 5874 radiological procedures were assessed of which 2916 (49.6%) involved ionising radiation. Mean cumulative effective dose of a child with spinal dysraphism during childhood was 23 mSv, while the individual cumulative effective dose ranged from 0.1 to 103 mSv. Although direct radiography accounted for 81.7% of examinations, the largest contributors to the cumulative effective dose were fluoroscopic examinations (40.4% of total cumulative effective dose). CONCLUSIONS: Exposure to ionising radiation and associated cancer risk were lower than expected. Nevertheless, the use of ionising radiation should always be justified and the medical benefits should outweigh the risk of health detriment, especially in children.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Disrafia Espinal
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Neoplasias Inducidas por Radiación
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Newborn
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Arch Dis Child
Año:
2013
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Países Bajos
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido