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Mar 1, 2009 · This report provides practical guidance on how and when to prevent or reduce unnecessary fetal exposures when pregnant women are referred for diagnostic medical procedures involving X-rays or...
This document provides information on the health effects that are likely to occur on the embryo or fetus following exposure to ionising radiation during pregnancy and practical guidance on how and when to prevent or reduce unnecessary foetal exposures when pregnant women are referred for diagnostic medical procedures involving X-rays or ...
following exposure to ionising radiation during pregnancy and practical guidance on how and when to prevent or reduce unnecessary fetal exposures when pregnant women are referred for diagnostic medical procedures involving X-rays or radionuclides.
Jul 19, 2017 · A pregnancy test must be performed within seven days of CT simulation, or if no simulation is performed, within seven days of the start of RT. Patients have the opportunity to decline pregnancy testing, and if they choose to do so, their signed declination becomes part of their medical record.
- Shivam M Kharod, Julie Greenwalt, Camille Dessaigne, Anamaria Yeung
- 2017
We know much more today about radiation and pregnancy, and we know that substantial doses (~10 rem; more than is received from routine diagnostic medical x-ray exams) are necessary to cause birth defects or malformations.
Radiation risks are most significant during organogenesis and the early fetal period, somewhat less in the second trimester, and least in the third trimester; During the period of <25 weeks post conception, the central nervous system (CNS) is particularly sensitive to radiation.
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It is current practice to ask these patients if there is any chance that they might be pregnant. If the answer is ‘no’, the radiological examination requested is performed. If the answer is anything other than a firm ‘no’, the radiographer or radiologist checks the date of the last menstrual period.
