Cumulative total effective whole-body radiation dose in critically ill patients

Chest

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1481-1486

  Rohner, Deborah J ^a   Bennett, Suzanne ^b   Samaratunga, Chandrasiri ^c   Jewell, Elizabeth S ^d   Smith, Jeffrey P ^c   Gaskill Shipley, Mary ^c   Lisco, Steven J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

EID: 84887454055     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-2222     Document Type: Article

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