Physicians' radiation exposure in the catheterization lab: Does the type of procedure matter?

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1095-1102

  Ingwersen, Maja ^a   Drabik, Anna ^b   Kulka, Ulrike ^c   Oestreicher, Ursula ^c   Fricke, Simon ^d   Krankenberg, Hans ^a   Schwencke, Carsten ^a   Mathey, Detlef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

^d PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

biological dosimetry; dose aware system; occupational radiation exposure; radiation exposure in cardiology and angiology; real time dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; KNEE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PELVIS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; BELOW THE KNEE; BIOLOGICAL DOSIMETRY; BMI; BTK; CAG; CI; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DAP; DOSE AREA PRODUCT; DOSE AWARE SYSTEM; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; ESTIMATED EFFECTIVE DOSE; FISH; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ICRP; INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL COUNCIL ON RADIATION PROTECTION AND MEASUREMENTS; NCRP; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION EXPOSURE; PCI; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE IN CARDIOLOGY AND ANGIOLOGY; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION MONITORING; REAL-TIME DOSIMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME; UL; WORKLOAD;

BELOW THE KNEE; BIOLOGICAL DOSIMETRY; BMI; BODY MASS INDEX; BTK; CAG; CI; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DAP; DOSE AREA PRODUCT; DOSE AWARE SYSTEM; E; ESTIMATED EFFECTIVE DOSE; FISH; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ICRP; INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION; NATIONAL COUNCIL ON RADIATION PROTECTION AND MEASUREMENTS; NCRP; OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION EXPOSURE; PCI; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE IN CARDIOLOGY AND ANGIOLOGY; REAL-TIME DOSIMETRY; UL; UPPER LIMB;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84886435799     PISSN: 19368798     EISSN: 18767605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2013.05.012     Document Type: Article

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