Canadian Association of Radiologists journal = Journal l'Association canadienne des radiologistes
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Sevoflurane anesthetic has recently been administered by anesthesiologists during voiding cystourethrograms in a centre where radiologists are not permitted to deliver pediatric sedation. ⋯ No adverse events or effects on diagnostic quality of the pediatric voiding cystourethrogram were encountered when using sevoflurane. The majority of surveyed caregivers thought that anesthesia made voiding cystourethrography an easier experience for their child.
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Multicenter Study
Changing radiation dose from diagnostic computed tomography examinations in Saskatchewan.
Follow-up study to observe if provincial mean effective radiation dose for head, chest, and abdomen-pelvis (AP) computed tomographies (CTs) remained stable or changed since the initial 2006 survey. ⋯ Significant dose and variation reduction was seen for single-phase CT chest and AP examinations between 2006 and 2008, whereas CT head dose increased over the same interval. These changes, combined with increased utilisation, resulted in per capita increase in radiation dose from CT between the 2 studies.
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To document the prevalence and pattern of risk factors for contrast-induced nephrotoxicity (CIN) in an outpatient population referred for contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) (CECT) studies. ⋯ In an ambulatory outpatient population, many patients presenting for outpatient CECT studies will have risk factors for CIN or for kidney function impairment (low eGFR) at baseline. Kidney function assessment, therefore, is indicated in this patient population before CECT.