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Protocol 2: Ionizing Radiation

Protocols for High‐Risk Pregnancies, 2015, p.14-26

Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd ;ISBN: 1119000874 ;ISBN: 9781119000877 ;EISBN: 9781119001256 ;EISBN: 1119001250 ;DOI: 10.1002/9781119001256.ch2

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  • Title:
    Protocol 2: Ionizing Radiation
  • Author: Brent, Robert L
  • Spong, Catherine Y ; Queenan, John T ; Lockwood, Charles J
  • Subjects: clinical medicine ; computed tomography (CT) ; conventional fluoroscopy ; environmental exposures ; ionizing radiation ; nuclear medicine ; pregnant women ; radiography
  • Is Part Of: Protocols for High‐Risk Pregnancies, 2015, p.14-26
  • Description: Ionizing radiation associated with medical procedures is typically the radiation exposure that causes the greatest concern and anxiety to pregnant women. Most diagnostic medical imaging procedures in radiography, computed tomography (CT), conventional fluoroscopy, and nuclear medicine subject the embryo or fetus to absorbed doses of less than 0.1Gy (10 rad). The inheritance of mutations is a process that, in theory, has both a background component that is intrinsic in an individual and an induced component that results from environmental exposures such as ionizing radiation. A very small but undefined fraction of hereditary human disease is attributable to the environmental agents with mutagenic potential. The usual procedures in clinical medicine are ignored, and an opinion based on meager information is given to the patient. Frequently, it reflects the physician's bias about radiation effects or his or her ignorance of the field of radiation biology.
  • Publisher: Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 1119000874
    ISBN: 9781119000877
    EISBN: 9781119001256
    EISBN: 1119001250
    DOI: 10.1002/9781119001256.ch2
  • Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete
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