Patients’ perception of care during special radiological examinations

Patients’ perception of care during special radiological examinations

Background: Patients’ perception of care is considered to infl uence their satisfaction with the service provided. However, this has received minor attention in radiography practice in Nigeria with no quantitative study from available literature search. Method: A total of 200 self-completion questionnaires were delivered to four radiology departments within the north-eastern states of Nigeria (...

Doctors' and intern doctors' knowledge about patients' ionizing radiation exposure doses during common radiological examinations.

PURPOSE To investigate the level of doctors' and intern doctors' knowledge about patients' radiation exposure doses during common radiological examinations. MATERIALS AND METHODS A questionnaire listing the radiation doses of routine radiological diagnostic procedures was administered to 177 doctors and intern doctors. We asked them to find the equivalent doses of radiation for common radiolo...

intensive care nurses’ knowledge of radiation safety and their behaviors towards portable radiological examinations

conclusions portable radiological examinations did not expose healthcare providers to high doses of ionizing radiation. nurses’ radiation protection knowledge was limited and hence, they require in-service education programs. results the mean of participants’ radiation protection knowledge was 4.77 ± 1.38. the most prevalent radiation protection behavior of nurses was leaving the intensive care...

Radiological protection of patients

Doses Received by Patients during Thorax X-Ray Examinations

Introduction Radiation exposures from diagnostic medical examinations are generally low and are almost always justified by the benefits of accurate diagnosis of possible disease conditions. Therefore, entrance skin dose (ESD), body organ dose (BOD), and effective dose (ED) from adult patients undergoing routine thorax posterior-anterior (PA) and thorax right lateral (RLAT) were estimated in Uni...