Title: CT Radiation doses<br/>Author: Brian Corwell<br/><a href='http://umem.org/profiles/faculty/294/'>[Click to email author]</a><hr/><div>
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<span style="font-size:20px;">A recent retrospective study examined CT radiation doses in different types of facilities</span></li>
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Mean patient age: 12 years</li>
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Authors reviewed radiation doses for nearly 240,000 CT scans in over 500 facilities</li>
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The facilities were categorized into 4 groups: </li>
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1) academic pediatric,</li>
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2) non-academic pediatric,</li>
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3) academic adult, </li>
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4) non-academic adult</li>
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Most (65%) scans were performed at nonacademic adult centers</p>
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Radiation doses were significantly higher at adult facilities vs. pediatric facilities</li>
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Also, radiation doses were higher at non-academic vs. academic facilities</li>
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For example, the largest children received <strong>twice</strong> the radiation dose for abdomen-pelvis CT scans performed at nonacademic adult facilities compared with academic pediatric facilities
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11.9 mGy vs. 5.8 mGy</li>
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Academic pediatric facilities use lower radiation doses than do nonacademic pediatric or adult facilities for all head CT examinations and for the majority of chest and abdomen-pelvis</li>
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Strauss et al., 2019. Radiation Dose for Pediatric CTT: Comparison of Pediatric versus Adult Imaging Facilities</p>
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