The predicted increased cancer risk associated with a single computed tomography examination for calculus detection in pediatric patients compared with the natural cancer incidence

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 345-350

  Kuhns, Lawrence R ^a   Oliver, William J ^b   Christodoulou, Emmanuel ^b   Goodsitt, Mitchell M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography (CT); CT radiation risk; Radiation risk; urinary tract calculi disease

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL PAIN; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COLON CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLANK PAIN; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OVARY CANCER; PELVIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; REVIEW; STOMACH CANCER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UTERUS CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 79955058117     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182132016     Document Type: Review

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