henslice Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 Please can anyone comment on the probability of receiving a harmful dose of radiation during the career of an average radiologist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimethoprim Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 infinitesimally small Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lactic Folly Posted March 21, 2017 Report Share Posted March 21, 2017 As far as I know, radiation exposure is negligible unless you spend a lot of time doing fluoroscopy-guided procedures in the room (as opposed to behind the shield). Basically, that leaves only interventional radiologists (who have lead goggles, thyroid shield, vest and apron) - and there are other specialists who also regularly do fluoroscopic procedures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mavrik13 Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23419190 Unbelievably small for the average radiologist. The above study is the first thing that popped into my mind though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henslice Posted March 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23419190 Unbelievably small for the average radiologist. The above study is the first thing that popped into my mind though... Oh oh. Thanks for sharing the article. Perhaps its time to consider a lead helmet as well?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmitty Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 You can actually buy lead-impregnated OR caps for this reason. Oh oh. Thanks for sharing the article. Perhaps its time to consider a lead helmet as well?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shady Posted March 31, 2017 Report Share Posted March 31, 2017 infinitesimally small i wonder if there is someone on this board called sulfamethoxazole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-Stark Posted April 21, 2017 Report Share Posted April 21, 2017 TMP alone along with dapsone can be used for treatment of PCP in the context of sulfa allergy. ... Going away now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted April 21, 2017 Report Share Posted April 21, 2017 TMP alone along with dapsone can be used for treatment of PCP in the context of sulfa allergy. ... Going away now. ha we just covered this at the HUDA physics review course here in warm and sunny Texas (sometimes the resident life is not that bad). It is indeed incredibly rare. The vast majority are well less than 10% of the yearly max radiation exposure (which is getting about as much as a full abdo/pelvic CT). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edict Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 It might be a different story for interventional radiologists, cardiologists, vascular surgeons and neurologists. There have been studies showing increased rates of brain tumors and lymphomas in interventional cardiologists, specifically left sided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeman101 Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 Rad oncs are probably the most at risk of radiation induced secondary malignancies I think. Especially in brachytherapy (handling radioactive sources for implantation). These are therapeutic doses of radiation, not diagnostic doses. We wear dosimetry badges that monitor our radiation exposure. What I can tell you is its small..... The highest risk people are actually the radionuclide technicians and even they don't register anywhere close to significant levels of radiation exposure. Also don't mistake correlational studies on rate of malignancies in physicians for causation. There is a principle called ALARA that all of those guys follow almost fanatically. Hard to get meaningful doses of radiation unless its by accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestar10 Posted October 5, 2017 Report Share Posted October 5, 2017 5 hours ago, deeman101 said: Rad oncs are probably the most at risk of radiation induced secondary malignancies I think. Especially in brachytherapy (handling radioactive sources for implantation). These are therapeutic doses of radiation, not diagnostic doses. We wear dosimetry badges that monitor our radiation exposure. What I can tell you is its small..... The highest risk people are actually the radionuclide technicians and even they don't register anywhere close to significant levels of radiation exposure. Also don't mistake correlational studies on rate of malignancies in physicians for causation. There is a principle called ALARA that all of those guys follow almost fanatically. Hard to get meaningful doses of radiation unless its by accident. Only the brachytherapists though and even then we are really only directly exposed to XRT when doing LDR (or if our HDR unit had an accident). Unless the glow from my monitor when contouring is a significant dose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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