A Survey Of Routine Abdominalpelvic Computed Tomography Protocols And Radiation Doses In Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital Addis Abeba University Addis Abeba Ethiopia

Background: The use of CT in medicine is now firmly established and represents one of the mostrnimportant radiological procedures performed worldwide. CT is a major source of radiation exposure rnand provides a substantial proportion of the collective dose from medical exposure. rnObjective: To investigate routine abdominal/pelvic CT radiation doses in Tikur Anbessa SpecializedrnHospital (TASH), Ethiopia in 2018. rnMethod: A hospital-based retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted from February 1, 2019rnto April 30, 2019, at TASH. The study was conducted among all abdominopelvic CT scans performed rnin TASH in 2018. After counting the total abdominal/pelvic CT scans, a systematic random samplingrnmethod (taking every Krnthrn) was employed to select study subjects from the image registry (medwebandrnworkstation) which contain all performed CT scans. Data were collected from a total of 348rnabdominal/pelvic CT scans using a structured data collection format by the principal investigator.rnFinally, data were entered into EpiData version 3.1 and exported to SPSS version 24 software forrnanalyses. Text, tables, and graphs were used to present descriptive data, and analysis was processed. rnResult: The mean CTDIvol values of pediatric abdominopelvic CT scans for ages

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