Radiation exposure in 212 very low and extremely low birth weight infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1556-1564

  Puch Kapst, Kathrin ^a   Juran, Ralf ^a   Stoever, Brigitte ^a   Wauer, Roland R ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conventional radiographs; Effective dose; ELBW; Extremely low birth weight infants; Neonatal intensive care unit; Neonates; Preterm neonates; Radiation dose; Radiation exposure; Very low birth weight infants; VLBW; X ray

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RADIATION INJURY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BODY BURDEN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; RISK FACTORS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 71949108390     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-1028     Document Type: Article

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