Cumulative diagnostic radiation exposure in children with ventriculoperitoneal shunts
โ Scribed by Matthieu Vinchon
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 72 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0256-7040
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
Fourteen hydrocephalic children were studied who were between the ages of 6 months and 14 years. Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was measured by the 133Xe intravenous injection method after ventriculoperitoneal shunting. There was a negative correlation between slow flow and preoperative ventric
## Background: Children with inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) undergo imaging using ionizing radiation and may be exposed to high cumulative radiation. we hypothesized that children with ibd have high exposure to radiation from medical imaging. ## Methods: An institutional review board (irb)-appr