Iatrogenic radiation exposure to patients with early onset spine and chest wall deformities

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 17, 2013, Pages

  Khorsand, Derek ^a   Song, Kit M ^b   Swanson, Jonathan ^c   Alessio, Adam ^a   Redding, Gregory ^d   Waldhausen, John ^e  

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

^b Shriners Hospital for Children   (United States)

^c Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

^d Division of Pulmonary Medicine   (United States)

^e SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer risk; children; CT scan; early onset scoliosis; imaging; morbidity; pediatric; radiation; thoracic insuffi ciency syndrome

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INFANT; IONIZING RADIATION; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE MALFORMATION; THORACIC INSUFFICIENCY SYNDROME; THORAX DEFORMITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84882453015     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318299fb82     Document Type: Article

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