RADIATION DOSE TO PREMATURE NEW-BORNS IN THE BELGIAN NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNITS
In the neonatal intensive care units (NICU), premature new-borns may be exposed to important doses. Because of their increased radiosensitivity and longer life expectancy, dose optimisation is of importance. The present study aimed at evaluating the dose of the most common radiographs in the Belgian NICU. Entrance surface kerma (ESK) and kerma area product (KAP) were collected in 17 NICU (among 19 in Belgium). Median ESK ranged from 13 to 172 µGy and from 8 to 117 µGy for chest and combined chest–abdomen radiographs, respectively; median KAP ranged from 1.4 to 14.2 mGy cm2 and from 3.8 to 28.1... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | TEXT |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2013 |
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Oxford University Press
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Schlagwörter: | Paper |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26533486 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://rpd.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/nct184v1 |