| Autor: |
GÜNDÜZÖZ, Meşide, DEMİR, Canan, MAZICAN, Nejdiye, BİRGİN İRİTAŞ, Servet, TUTKUN, Lütfiye, TÜRKSOY, Vugar Ali, HINÇ YILMAZ, Ömer |
| Rok vydání: |
2017 |
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| Zdroj: |
The Turkish Journal Of Occupational / Environmental Medicine and Safety |
| ISSN: |
2149-4711 |
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Introduction:Asa result of increased use of ionizing radiation in medicine; health care workerswho expose to ionizing radiation are under risk of radiation related severehealth problems such as malignancies. We report four cases of nurses who workedin ionizing radiation using units forlong years. CASE 1:55year-old woman was admitted to occupational medicine outpatient clinic withpapillary thyroid cancer diagnosis. She had total thyroidectomy operation threeyears ago. She had been working as a nurse and performing or assistingfluoroscopically-guided procedures for 32 years in algology department ofanesthesiology clinic. CASE 2:53year-old woman was admitted to occupational medicine outpatient clinic withpapillary thyroid cancer diagnosis. She had total thyroidectomy operation oneyear ago. She had been working as a nurse at the same department and making thesame job with Case 1 for 32 years. CASE 3:52year-old woman was admitted to occupational medicine outpatient clinic withirregular cold thyroid nodule. She had been working as a nurse at the samedepartment and making the same job with the previous cases for 16 years. CASE 4:31year-old woman was admitted to occupational medicine outpatient clinic withsuspected follicular neoplasm. She had been working as a nurse for 14 years inangiography laboratory. Theyall reported that dosimetry and appropriate personal protective equipment wasavailable in their unit for just last two years. They all didn’t have familyhistory of malignancy. Conclusion:Radiationexposure is a well-known etiological factor for thyroid neoplasms. Asemphasized above, occupational radiation exposure related cancers are still aproblem for health care workers in Turkey. We need to improve the educationlevel of health care workers on radiation risks and establish properly designedcontrol programs for occupational radiation exposure in health care workers.KeyWords:Thyroid neoplasm, ionizing radiation exposure, occupational malignancy |
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