ArticleArquivos brasileiros de cardiologia2019
Prevalence of Lens Opacity in Interventional Cardiologists and Professional Working in the Hemodynamics in Brazil.
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- Eye lens opacities and cataracts among physicians and healthcare workers occupationally exposed to radiation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Saudi medical journal · 2022Pooled it
- Risk of cataract in health care workers exposed to ionizing radiation: a systematic review.La Medicina del lavoro · 2020Pooled it
- Critical Review of Cataractogenesis and Lens Contouring in Radiation Oncology.Advances in radiation oncology · 2026Review
- Occupational Risks of Radiation Exposure to Cardiologists.Current cardiology reports · 2024Review
- Occupational exposures and age-related cataract: A review.Archives of environmental & occupational health · 2024Review
- Fluoroscopically guided vascular and cardiac transcatheter procedures: a comparison of occupational and patient dose by anatomical region.Physical and engineering sciences in medicine · 2023Observational
- Correlation Between Degree of Lens Opacity and the Phacoemulsification Energy Parameters Using Different Imaging Methods in Age-Related Cataract.Translational vision science & technology · 2022Observational
- Position Statement of the Brazilian Cardiology Society and the Brazilian Society of Hemodynamics and Interventional Cardiology on Training Centers and Professional Certification in Hemodynamics and Interventional Cardiology - 2020.Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia · 2020Article
- The Radiological Exposure from the Perspective of the Interventional Cardiologist.Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia · 2019Article
- The practice of radiation protection in an interventional neuroradiology service.Revista brasileira de medicina do trabalho : publicacao oficial da Associacao Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho-ANAMTArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPosterior subcapsular cataract is a tissue reaction commonly found among professionals exposed to ionizing radiation.
objectiveTo assess the prevalence of cataract in professionals working in hemodynamics in Brazil.
methodsProfessionals exposed to ionizing radiation (group 1, G1) underwent slit lamp examination with a biomicroscope for lens examination and compared with non-exposed subjects (group 2, G2). Ophthalmologic findings were described and classified by opacity degree and localization using the Lens Opacities Classification System III. Both groups answered a questionnaire on work and health conditions to investigate the presence of risk factors for cataract. The level of significance was set at 5% (p < 0.05).
resultsA total of 112 volunteers of G1, mean age of 44.95 (±10.23) years, and 88 volunteers of G2, mean age of 48.07 (±12.18) years were evaluated; 75.2% of G1 and 85.2% of G2 were physicians. Statistical analysis between G1 and G2 showed a prevalence of posterior subcapsular cataract of 13% and 2% in G1 and G2, respectively (0.0081). Considering physicians only, 38% of G1 and 15% of G2 had cataract, with the prevalence of posterior subcapsular cataract of 13% and 3%, respectively (p = 0.0176). Among non-physicians, no difference was found in the prevalence of cataract (by types).
conclusionsCataract was more prevalent in professionals exposed to ionizing radiation, with posterior subcapsular cataract the most frequent finding.
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