title: Benefits of an automatic patient dose registry system for interventional radiology and cardiology at five hospitals of the Madrid area.
abstract: The purpose of this article is to present the results of connecting the interventional radiology and cardiology laboratories of five university hospitals to a unique server using an automatic patient dose registry system (Dose On Line for Interventional Radiology, DOLIR) developed in-house, and to evaluate its feasibility more than a year after its introduction. The system receives and stores demographic and dosimetric parameters included in the MPPS DICOM objects sent by the modalities to a database. A web service provides a graphical interface to analyse the information received. During 2013, the system processed 10 788 procedures (6874 cardiac, 2906 vascular and 1008 neuro interventional). The percentages of patients requiring clinical follow-up due to potential tissue reactions before and after the use of DOLIR are presented. The system allowed users to verify in real-time, if diagnostic (or interventional) reference levels are fulfilled.
authors: Medical Physics Service, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, IdISSC, Madrid, Spain Radiology Department, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain josemiguel.fernandez@salud.madrid.org.
authors: J M
authors: JM
authors: Fernandez-Soto
authors: Radiology Service, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, IdISSC, Madrid, Spain.
authors: J I
authors: JI
authors: Ten
authors: Medical Physics Service, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, IdISSC, Madrid, Spain.
authors: R M
authors: RM
authors: Sanchez
authors: Radiation Physics Service, Hospital U de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: España
authors: Radiation Physics Service, Hospital U Puerta de Hierro-Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.
authors: X
authors: X
authors: Pifarre
authors: Medical Physics Service, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, IdISSC, Madrid, Spain Radiology Department, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Vano
mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008498:Medical Record Linkage / Q000379:methods; D000069079:Radiation Exposure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015642:Radiology, Interventional / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011874:Radiometry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012042:Registries; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology