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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...

Power Received by a Small Antenna

where c is the speed of light in vacuum, S = E×H is the Poynting vector, E0 and H0 are the amplitudes of the incident electric and magnetic fields, and Z0 = √ μ0/ 0 = 377 Ω (= 4π/c in Gaussian units). We also note that the small antennas are generally well described by their electric and magnetic dipole moments. So, we consider here the cases of a small linear dipole antenna, for which only its...

Radiation Doses Received by the Irish Population

Expectations and received knowledge by surgical patients.

OBJECTIVE Here, the aim is to compare surgical patients' knowledge expectations at admission with the knowledge they received during their hospital stay. DESIGN The study used a descriptive and comparative design. SETTING The study was conducted on surgical wards at one randomly selected university hospital in Finland. PARTICIPANTS The sample (n = 237) consisted of surgical patients (trau...

Quality of diet received by the patient.

All those concerned with the welfare of patients in hospital would agree that a nutritionally adequate diet is a basic requirement for the well-being of the patient and to aid recovery. Indeed, hospitals aim to provide all the food necessary and do not require the patient to contribute towards his diet. Any foods consumed by the patient from his own private supplies are regarded as extras and l...