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AAP Grand Rounds 12:65-66 (2004)
© 2004 American Academy of Pediatrics

RADIOLOGY

Lack of Awareness of CT Scan Radiation Dose

Source: Lee CI, Haims AH, Monico EP, et al. Diagnostic CT scans: assessment of patient, physician, and radiologist awareness of radiation dose and possible risks. Radiology. 2004;231:393–398.[Abstract/Free Full Text]

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The effective radiation doses with diagnostic CT have been shown to be similar to the amount received by Japanese survivors of the atomic bomb, who showed a small, but statistically significant, increased risk of developing cancer as a result of the radiation.1,2 Nonetheless, this study from Yale University shows that physicians and patients are not fully aware of the radiation dose and the risk associated with CT scanning.

This study included 76 patients, age 17 to 81 years, mean age 43 years, with mild to moderate abdomino-pelvic or flank pain seen in a 2-week period in an emergency department (ED) and who underwent diagnostic abdominal CT scans. The patients were surveyed after their . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Beverly P. Wood, MD, MscEd, PhD, FAAP
Radiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

 



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