IONIZING RADIATION EXPOSURE IN PATIENTS WITH COVID-19: MORE THAN NEEDED
| Autor: | Isil Yurdaisik, Fuat Nurili, Ayse Gul Agirman, Ahmet Aktan, Suleyman Hilmi Aksoy |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Aksoy, Süleyman Hilmi, İstinye Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Dahili Tıp Bilimleri Bölümü, Işıl Yurdaışık / 0000-0001-8316-1229, Yurdaışık, Işıl, Işıl Yurdaışık / GDD-1849-2022, Işıl Yurdaışık / 57211471093 |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Turkey Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Computed tomography Radiation Dosage Effective dose (radiation) 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging Ionizing radiation 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Radiation Ionizing İyonizan Radyasyon Humans Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging In patient Retrospective Studies AcademicSubjects/SCI00180 Radiation Radiological and Ultrasound Technology medicine.diagnostic_test SARS-CoV-2 business.industry Radiation dose Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Radiation Exposure Radiation exposure 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Ionizing Radiation Radiology Covid-19 business |
| Zdroj: | Radiation Protection Dosimetry |
| ISSN: | 1742-3406 0144-8420 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/rpd/ncab092 |
| Popis: | Objective The aim of the study was to evaluate the ionizing radiation exposure in patients with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Materials and Methods This was a retrospective study in which all patients presented with suggestive symptoms of COVID-19 were included. The study was carried out in a university-affiliated private hospital in Istanbul, Turkey. Biological radiation dose exposure (cumulative effective dose: CED) was evaluated in millisievert (mSv) units. Results A total of 1410 patients were included in the study. Of all study subjects, 804 patients (57%) underwent only one chest computed tomography (CT) procedure. Six hundred and six patients (43%) had two or more chest CT procedures. Median CED was 6.02 (min–max:1.67–16.27) mSv. The number of patients who were exposed to ≤ 5 mSv were 149 (24.6%), whereas 457 patients (75.4%) were exposed to >5 mSv. Conclusion The radiation exposure in COVID-19 patients seems unjustifiably high. Awareness should be increased as to the proper use of chest CT in COVID-19 as per to the society recommendations. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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