Professional paper
Patient Doses Received During Interventional Cardiology Procedures at the University Hospital Osijek
Dario Faj
; Klinički bolnički centar Osijek, Osijek, Hrvatska
Vedrana Baraban
; Klinički bolnički centar Osijek, Osijek, Hrvatska
Zoran Brnić
; Klinička bolnica Merkur, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Domagoj Boban
; Klinički bolnički centar Osijek, Osijek, Hrvatska
Robert Steiner
; Klinički bolnički centar Osijek, Osijek, Hrvatska
Mladen Kasabašić
; Klinički bolnički centar Osijek, Osijek, Hrvatska
Dragan Kubelka
; Državni zavod za radiološku i nuklearnu sigurnost, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
Apart from its benefi ts, the interventional cardiology (IC) is known to generate high radiation doses to patients and medical staff involved. Measuring patient doses in radiological procedures is required by law in Croatia, but rarely implemented. The Osijek University Hospital implements its own radiation protection quality guidelines. Among other, the guidelines require constant measuring of patient doses in IC and their periodic analysis. Doses measured until now are within the acceptable limits compared to literature. With
time the doses were reduced signifi cantly, but there is room to downsize them still further. IC procedures can generate skin doses over 2 Gy, which is considered the threshold for erythema. Depending
on the dose received, IC patients at the Osijek University Hospital are informed about the risk and examined for skin injuries. Until now we have found none, but this practice remains to be routine.
Keywords
erythema; radiation protection; skin dose; skin injury
Hrčak ID:
60312
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Publication date:
9.11.2010.
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