Radiation exposure and the justification of computed tomography scanning in an Australian hospital emergency department Street, M., Brady, Z., Van Every, B. and Thomson, K. R. 2009, Radiation exposure and the justification of computed tomography scanning in an Australian hospital emergency department, Internal medicine journal, vol. 39, no. 11, pp. 713-719, doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.01956.x. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Radiation exposure and the justification of computed tomography scanning in an Australian hospital emergency department Author(s) Street, M. orcid.org/0000-0002-5615-141X Brady, Z. Van Every, B. Thomson, K. R. Journal name Internal medicine journal Volume number 39 Issue number 11 Start page 713 End page 719 Total pages 7 Publisher Wiley - Blackwell Publishing Asia Place of publication Richmond, Vic. Publication date 2009-11 ISSN 1444-0903 1445-5994 Summary In an emergency department (ED), computed tomography (CT) is particularly beneficial in the investigation of high-speed trauma patients. With the advent of multidetector CT (MDCT) scanners, it is becoming faster and easier to conduct scans. In recent years, this has become evident with an increasing number of CT requests. Patients who have multiple CT scans during their hospital stay can receive radiation doses that have an increased theoretical risk of induction of cancer. It is essential that the clinical justification for each CT scan be considered on an individual basis and that due consideration is given to the radiation risk and possible diagnostic benefit. The current lack of a central State or Commonwealth data repository for medical images is a contributing factor to excessive radiation dosage to the population. The principles of justification and radiation risks are discussed in this study. Language eng DOI 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.01956.x Field of Research 110320 Radiology and Organ Imaging Socio Economic Objective 920203 Diagnostic Methods HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30028679 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Nursing and Midwifery Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 25 May 2010, 14:43:09 EST Thu, 27 May 2010, 15:34:27 EST Fri, 28 May 2010, 13:17:09 EST Mon, 07 Jun 2010, 08:40:56 EST Thu, 10 Jun 2010, 16:47:29 EST Thu, 10 Jun 2010, 16:48:48 EST Fri, 11 Jun 2010, 10:46:34 EST Wed, 16 Jun 2010, 14:06:53 EST Tue, 04 Jun 2013, 12:07:15 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 15:36:11 EST Thu, 09 Oct 2014, 08:42:24 EST Thu, 11 Dec 2014, 16:36:46 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 16 times in TR Web of Science Cited 16 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 876 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 25 May 2010, 14:43:05 EST by Deborah Wittahatchy