EFFECTIVE DOSE FOR RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES IN AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

2020 ◽  
Vol 189 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-68
Author(s):  
Maryam Naseri ◽  
Mohammad Shahsavan ◽  
Faeze Salahshour ◽  
Soheil Peiman ◽  
Seyed Farshad Allameh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Ct Scan ◽  
Effective Dose ◽  
Final Diagnosis ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Exposure Risk ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Higher Ed ◽  
Radiological Procedures

Abstract The extent of radiation exposure in emergency settings is not well documented; here, the corresponding effective dose (ED) is provided. In 500 patients admitted in row to the emergency department, ED was compared in patients according to complaints and their visiting physicians. Out of all, 220 patients aged 43.5 ± 22.2 years (admission: 2.0 ± 1.6 days) had at least an imaging. The main reasons for admission were trauma (10.5%) and then orthopedic problems (8.6%). EDs from CT and radiography were 1.66 ± 3.59 and 0.71 ± 1.67 mSv, respectively (from all 2.29 ± 4.12). Patients with abdominal (5.8 ± 5.2 mSv; p < 0.002) and pelvic (12.0 ± 6.3 mSv; p < 0.007) complaints received higher ED from CT and radiography and, also, patients visited by surgeons (7.94 ± 6.9 mSv). CT scan was the main source for ED to patients. Irrespective of the final diagnosis, patients with abdominopelvic complaints and those visited by surgeons are at higher exposure risk.

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Cameroonian physicians with regards to acute pain management in the emergency department: a multicenter cross-sectional study

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Owono Etoundi ◽  
Junette Arlette Metogo Mbengono ◽  
Ferdinand Ndom Ntock ◽  
Joel Noutakdie Tochie ◽  
Dominique Christelle Anaba Ndom ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Pain Management ◽  
Acute Pain ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Acute Pain Management ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Knowledge Attitudes And Practices

The effects of temperature and outcomes of patients presenting to the emergency department with heat-related illness: A retrospective cross-sectional study

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 220
Author(s):  
KundavaramPaul Prabhakar Abhilash ◽  
Feema Raju ◽  
AlbinC Biju ◽  
Karthik Gunasekaran ◽  
PavithraRatnam Mannam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Effects Of Temperature

Midline anomalies and organic psychosis: congenital or degenerative? A cross-sectional study of 62 patients with Andermann syndrome

1992 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 109-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
MJ Filteau ◽  
E Pourcher ◽  
RH Bouchard ◽  
P Baruch ◽  
J Mathieu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Ct Scan ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Dementia Praecox ◽  
Ventricular Size ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Organic Psychosis ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients ◽  
Degenerative Processes

Brain alterations have been sought since the beginning of the century to explain the ‘dementia’ of dementia præcox. Kraepelin suggested in 1913 that it might have its internal origins in early childhood, while Southard (1915) considered likely a congenital or early acquired basis for the development of the disease. Afterwards, degenerative processes were described for decades until neurodevelopmental theories emerged recently (Lewis, 1988).Using pneumoencephalography, Jacobi and Winkler (1927) first reported that some patients with schizophrenia presented enlarged ventricles. Johnstone et al (1976, 1978), in CT-scan studies, observed an increase in mean lateral ventricular size in a group of institutionalized schizophrenic patients. This finding has been replicated by other studies (Weinberger et al, 1983) but challenged by others (Gluck et al, 1980; Jernigan et al, 1982).

scholarly journals Factors affecting prehospital time delay of the injured patients arriving at the Emergency Department of Beni-Suef University Hospital in Egypt: A cross-sectional study

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. e0252044
Author(s):  
Doaa Mahmoud Khalil ◽  
Elmorsy Elmorsy ◽  
Ahmed Arafa ◽  
Hesham Ahmed Nafady ◽  
Lamiaa Saleh
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Time Delay ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Consciousness Level ◽  
Injured Patients ◽  
Prehospital Time

Purpose This study aimed to assess the factors affecting the prehospital time delay of the injured patients arriving at the Emergency Department of Beni-Suef University Hospital in Upper Egypt. Materials and methods In this cross-sectional study, the following data were retrieved from the hospital records of 632 injured patients between 1/1/2018 and 31/3/2018: age, sex, residence, means of transportation to the hospital, prehospital time delay, consciousness level on admission, source of injury, and type of worst injury. Results The prehospital time delay (>one hour) of the injured patients was positively associated with age >60 years and rural residence but inversely associated with consciousness level with odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) of 5.14 (2.26–11.68), 3.49 (2.22–5.48), and 0.56 (0.32–0.96), respectively. Conclusion The prehospital time delay of the injured patients arriving at the Emergency Department of Beni-Suef University Hospital in Egypt was associated with old age, rural residence, and consciousness level.

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