Physician documentation of fluoroscopy time in voiding cystourethrography reports correlates with lower fluoroscopy times: A surrogate marker of patient radiation exposure

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Darling, Stephen ^a   Sammer, Marla ^a,b   Chapman, Teresa ^a,b   Parisi, Marguerite T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ALARA; Fluoroscopy; Radiation dose; Radiology reports; Voiding cystourethrography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; FLUOROSCOPY; FLUOROSCOPY TIME; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UROGRAPHY; UROLOGIC DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960532071     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5827     Document Type: Article

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