Radiation Risks for Patients Having X Rays
作者:
John Hale,
John Thomas,
期刊:
The Nurse Practitioner
(OVID Available online 1985)
卷期:
Volume 10,
issue 12
页码: 16-27
ISSN:0361-1817
年代: 1985
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
In addition to radiation from naturally occurring radioactive materials and cosmic rays, individuals in developed countries receive radiation doses to bone marrow and gonads from the medical diagnostic use of X rays. A brief discussion of radiation epidemiology shows that deleterious effects are low even when doses are high. The concept of “acceptable risk” is introduced to help evaluate the small, but still existent, risks of radiation dose. Examples of bone marrow and gonadal doses for representative X-ray examinations are presented along with the current best estimates, per unit of X-ray dose, of the induction of leukemia or of genetic harm. The risk to the patient from an examination can then be compared with the normal risk of mortality from leukemia or of the occurrence of genetic defects. The risk increase is found to be very low. The risks to unborn children from radiograph ic examinations are also discussed. The benefit to the patient from information obtained from the examination must be balanced against the small risks.
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