Minimizing radiation injury and neoplastic effects during pediatric fluoroscopy: what should we know?
Radiation-induced injuries from fluoroscopic procedures in pediatric patients have occurred, and young patients are at greatest risk of many radiation-induced neoplasms. Some fluoroscopists have been injured from their use of fluoroscopy, and they are known to be at risk of radiation-induced neoplasm when radiation is not well-controlled. This article reviews the circumstances that lead to radiation injury and delineates some procedural methods to avoid injury and limit radiation exposure to both the patient and the fluoroscopist.
Wagner
Louis Kenneth
LK
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 6431 Fannin St., Houston, TX 77030, USA. Louis.K.Wagner@uth.tmc.edu
D001822:Body Burden; D002648:Child; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005471:Fluoroscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000379:methods*; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods*