Cargando…

Exposure Levels of Adult Patients during Radiographic Examinations: Sinuses and Coastal Grill Cases at the Ngaoundere Regional Hospital, Cameroon

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to estimate the doses delivered to adult patients during explorations of the sinuses and coastal grill whose attention in dosimetric terms is neglected because of the low demand for diagnosis. But yet dosimetric values are very high. MATERIALS AND METHODS: T...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Gnowe, Guiswe, Ekobena, Fouda H. P., Mbo, Amvene J., Neossi, Guena M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6515078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31183218
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5452149
_version_ 1783418008560992256
author Gnowe, Guiswe
Ekobena, Fouda H. P.
Mbo, Amvene J.
Neossi, Guena M.
author_facet Gnowe, Guiswe
Ekobena, Fouda H. P.
Mbo, Amvene J.
Neossi, Guena M.
author_sort Gnowe, Guiswe
collection PubMed
description BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to estimate the doses delivered to adult patients during explorations of the sinuses and coastal grill whose attention in dosimetric terms is neglected because of the low demand for diagnosis. But yet dosimetric values are very high. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present study was transversely descriptive and was conducted between April and July 2016. The data were collected on 50 adult patients of mass of 70±10kg at the Regional Hospital of Ngaoundere (HRN). The dose at the entrance of the patients' skin was evaluated through the theoretical methods derived from the Davies model according to the 75th percentile calculations. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: The entrance skin doses obtained in mGy were, respectively, of 7.2±0.2 for sinuses and 5.27±0.1 for coastal grill. The present study found many variations in doses during radiological investigations. These variations allowed us to understand that the notions of quality of the radiographic image, insurance, and quality control of the radiological equipment are tributary, abstract, and often theoretical because doses delivered are not sufficiently optimized. CONCLUSION: The dosimetric analysis remains very worrying because the various procedures show that an improvement of the practices especially with respect to the technical parameters and the protocols must be considered. Therefore a strengthening of radiological protection skills of radiological manipulators (continuing education and retraining) would contribute to a better protection of patients.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-6515078
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2019
publisher Hindawi
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-65150782019-06-10 Exposure Levels of Adult Patients during Radiographic Examinations: Sinuses and Coastal Grill Cases at the Ngaoundere Regional Hospital, Cameroon Gnowe, Guiswe Ekobena, Fouda H. P. Mbo, Amvene J. Neossi, Guena M. Radiol Res Pract Research Article BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to estimate the doses delivered to adult patients during explorations of the sinuses and coastal grill whose attention in dosimetric terms is neglected because of the low demand for diagnosis. But yet dosimetric values are very high. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present study was transversely descriptive and was conducted between April and July 2016. The data were collected on 50 adult patients of mass of 70±10kg at the Regional Hospital of Ngaoundere (HRN). The dose at the entrance of the patients' skin was evaluated through the theoretical methods derived from the Davies model according to the 75th percentile calculations. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: The entrance skin doses obtained in mGy were, respectively, of 7.2±0.2 for sinuses and 5.27±0.1 for coastal grill. The present study found many variations in doses during radiological investigations. These variations allowed us to understand that the notions of quality of the radiographic image, insurance, and quality control of the radiological equipment are tributary, abstract, and often theoretical because doses delivered are not sufficiently optimized. CONCLUSION: The dosimetric analysis remains very worrying because the various procedures show that an improvement of the practices especially with respect to the technical parameters and the protocols must be considered. Therefore a strengthening of radiological protection skills of radiological manipulators (continuing education and retraining) would contribute to a better protection of patients. Hindawi 2019-04-30 /pmc/articles/PMC6515078/ /pubmed/31183218 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5452149 Text en Copyright © 2019 Guiswe Gnowe et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Gnowe, Guiswe
Ekobena, Fouda H. P.
Mbo, Amvene J.
Neossi, Guena M.
Exposure Levels of Adult Patients during Radiographic Examinations: Sinuses and Coastal Grill Cases at the Ngaoundere Regional Hospital, Cameroon
title Exposure Levels of Adult Patients during Radiographic Examinations: Sinuses and Coastal Grill Cases at the Ngaoundere Regional Hospital, Cameroon
title_full Exposure Levels of Adult Patients during Radiographic Examinations: Sinuses and Coastal Grill Cases at the Ngaoundere Regional Hospital, Cameroon
title_fullStr Exposure Levels of Adult Patients during Radiographic Examinations: Sinuses and Coastal Grill Cases at the Ngaoundere Regional Hospital, Cameroon
title_full_unstemmed Exposure Levels of Adult Patients during Radiographic Examinations: Sinuses and Coastal Grill Cases at the Ngaoundere Regional Hospital, Cameroon
title_short Exposure Levels of Adult Patients during Radiographic Examinations: Sinuses and Coastal Grill Cases at the Ngaoundere Regional Hospital, Cameroon
title_sort exposure levels of adult patients during radiographic examinations: sinuses and coastal grill cases at the ngaoundere regional hospital, cameroon
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6515078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31183218
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5452149
work_keys_str_mv AT gnoweguiswe exposurelevelsofadultpatientsduringradiographicexaminationssinusesandcoastalgrillcasesatthengaoundereregionalhospitalcameroon
AT ekobenafoudahp exposurelevelsofadultpatientsduringradiographicexaminationssinusesandcoastalgrillcasesatthengaoundereregionalhospitalcameroon
AT mboamvenej exposurelevelsofadultpatientsduringradiographicexaminationssinusesandcoastalgrillcasesatthengaoundereregionalhospitalcameroon
AT neossiguenam exposurelevelsofadultpatientsduringradiographicexaminationssinusesandcoastalgrillcasesatthengaoundereregionalhospitalcameroon