CT utilization abruptly increases at age 18 among patients with inflammatory bowel diseases in the hospital

OBJECTIVES: Patients with inflammatory bowel disease(IBD) are frequently exposed to computed tomography (CT). Each CT exposes patients to radiation that cumulatively could increase the risk of malignancy, particularly in younger patients. We aim to study the effect of age on CT use in IBD patients s...

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Autores principales: Govani, Shail M., Higgins, Peter D. R., Rubenstein, Joel H., Stidham, Ryan W., Waljee, Akbar K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5875842/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29596461
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195022

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5875842/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29596461
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195022

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