EFFECTIVE DOSE AND RISK ESTIMATES IN ADULT PATIENTS FROM FOUR RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES EXTRAPOLATED OVER TWO POPULATIONS AT SOME SELECTED CENTERS IN LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA
| Autor: | C. J. Olowookere, O O Oketayo, BO Balogun, A O Fasan-Odunsi, F O Adeyemi, F A Balogun |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Adult
Diagnostic Imaging Male medicine.medical_specialty Neoplasms Radiation-Induced Adolescent Radiography Nigeria Radiation Dosage Effective dose (radiation) Risk Assessment Pelvis Young Adult Lumbar Radiation Protection Radiation Monitoring medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Aged Aged 80 and over Radiation Lumbar Vertebrae Radiological and Ultrasound Technology Adult patients business.industry X-Rays Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.anatomical_structure Cancer incidence Radiological weapon Lumbar spine Female Radiography Thoracic Radiology business |
| Zdroj: | Radiation protection dosimetry. 187(3) |
| ISSN: | 1742-3406 |
| Popis: | In this study, risk of exposure to adult patients in some common radiological procedures was estimated at selected diagnostic centers in Lagos State, Nigeria using estimated average effective doses. The results showed that pelvis lateral (LAT) examination with the lowest estimated mean effective dose level (2.61) recorded the highest probability of cancer incidence and mortality occurrences, while lumbar anteroposterior (AP) had the lowest (3.61). A high sum total of probability of fatal cancers and the total weighted probability of non-fatal cancer in a single exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation were recorded in pelvic procedure among others. Also, a high-percentage mortality increase of solid cancers was recorded in chest PA examination (53.7%), while the lowest was in lumbar spine radiography (with lumbar AP = 0.14%, lumbar LAT = 0.15%). The data obtained suggested the possibility of having higher percentage mortality and cancer-related incidence in the chest. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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