Yenidoğan Yoğun Bakım Ünitelerinde Radyografi Çekimi: Ne kadar doğru uygulanıyor?

Abstract

Aim: Radiation safety is a current and important problem for both patients and staff in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs). In this study we mainly intend to evaluate the quality of radiographic examinations performed in a NICU of a children's hosalso want to create awareness about the importance of an adequate radiographic examination of a preterm infant and radiation safety in NICUs. Materials and Methods: Direct portable radiographs performed in NICUs betweenJanuary 2017-January 2020 were retrospectively evaluated. The researchers have evaluated the quality of the radiographs by proper positioning, proper collimation (excluding head and gonadal areas, including only the demanded area), overall quality of the radiograph for adequate interpretation (good, acceptable, bad), evidence Results: 7333 radiographs of 1438 newborns were evaluated. Mean number of performed direct radiographs for a newborn was 5.1 times. 83.8 % of the radiographs were properly collimated. Amount of properly collimated radiographs increased over Overall quality of the radiographs was also increased over the years. 87.8 % of the Conclusion: Effective use of ionizing radiation is an important matter for NICUs.The overall quality of the radiographs has become better by time, especially number of properly collimated radiographs was increased. Exposure of the staff to ionizing radiation has begun to decrease.