Choice of Tube Extremity in Emission of Lowest Radiation Dose in Pediatric Patients

Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul

Status

Completed

Conditions

Radiation Absorption

Radiography

Treatments

Other: Thyroid facing the cathode end of xray machine

Other: Thyroid facing the anode end of xray machine

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02925936

4769/12

Details and patient eligibility

About

Compare the radiation in pediatric patients thyroid submitted to chest X-ray using the position of the anode and cathode.

Full description

The study's primary goal was to compare radiation exposure in two different positions during chest x rays in children. It was conducted from June/2014 to July/2015, and included children from 0 to12 years old staying at the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Instituto de Cardiologia de Porto Alegre, Brazil, with chest x ray requests during ICU stay. They were randomized to two groups: during the x ray, one group was positioned with the thyroid facing the anode end, and the other group was positioned with the thyroid facing the cathode end.

Enrollment

48 patients

Sex

All

Ages

Under 12 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Younger than 12 years old
Admitted to the Paediatric ICU at Instituto de Cardiologia de Porto Alegre
Chest X ray requested by treating physician

Exclusion criteria

Patients with scans that failed to comply with the technical criteria from the European Community Commission guidelines on quality criteria for diagnostic radiographic images in paediatrics, as evaluated by the radiologist doctors responsible for that exam report.