Radiation management for interventions using fluoroscopic or computed tomographic guidance during pregnancy: A joint guideline of the Society of Interventional Radiology and the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe with endorsement by the Canadian Interventional Radiology Association

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-32

  Dauer, Lawrence T ^a   Thornton, Raymond H ^a   Miller, Donald L ^b,c   Damilakis, John ^e   Dixon, Robert G ^g   Marx, M Victoria ^h   Schueler, Beth A ⁱ   Vañó, Eliseo ^j   Venkatesan, Aradhana ^d   Bartal, Gabriel ^k   Tsetis, Dimitrios ^e,f   Cardella, John F ^l  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^j UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^k MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^l GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; BISMUTH; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; LEAD;

AIR KERMA; AMENORRHEA; ANGIOGRAPHY; BIRTH DEFECT; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CATHETER ABLATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONCEPTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DOSIMETRY; EMBRYO DEATH; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH RETARDATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; IONIZING RADIATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROCEPHALY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 84855381394     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: 15357732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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