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ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2019

Radiation exposure by digital radiographic imaging in very low birth weight infants.

Chinedu U Ebenebe, Christophe Barreau, Jonathan Waschkewitz, Helmut Schlattl, Hans O Pinnschmidt, Philipp Deindl, Dominique Singer, Jochen Herrmann

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Article in Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chinedu U EbenebeDivision of Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany. c.ebenebe@uke.de.
Christophe BarreauDivision of Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.
Jonathan WaschkewitzDepartment of Radiotherapy and Radio-Oncology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.
Helmut SchlattlInstitute of Radiation Protection, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstaedter Landstr. 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3365-7821
Hans O PinnschmidtDepartment of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.
Philipp DeindlDivision of Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.
Dominique SingerDivision of Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.
Jochen HerrmannSection of Pediatric Radiology, Department of Interventional and Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.
Universität Hamburg · DEHelmholtz Zentrum München · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe aim of this study was to determine the cumulative effective doses (CED) from digital radiographic imaging in very low birth weight infants treated in a tertiary care neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). STUDY

designThe CED for each infant was retrospectively calculated using a voxel-based model. The results were compared with previous studies applying conventional radiography.

resultsTwo hundred and six preterm infants were included into this study. Neonates received a median of four radiographs (range: 1-68) and a CED of 50 µSv (4-883 µSv). Overall mean CED was lower than in previously published data applying conventional radiography. Factors contributing to a lower radiation dose per infant in our study were a lower number of radiographs and smaller field sizes per radiographic image.

conclusionsThe number of conducted radiographs per patient and the employed field size had a higher impact on the CED than the applied radiographic technology.

Indexed as

Dose-Response Relationship, RadiationInfant, Very Low Birth WeightIntensive Care Units, NeonatalRadiation ExposureRadiographic Image EnhancementFemaleGermanyHumansInfant, NewbornInfant, PrematureMaleQuality ImprovementTechnology, Radiologic

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PMID30459389
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