Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Review
. 2004 Mar;53(2):118-21.

Ionizing radiation. The question of responsible use: Pandora's box revisited

D P Soares  1 , P Gilligan
Affiliations
  • PMID: 15199724
Review

Ionizing radiation. The question of responsible use: Pandora's box revisited

D P Soares et al. West Indian Med J. 2004 Mar.

Abstract

For over one hundred years, ionizing radiation has assisted in medical diagnostics. Recently, there have been reports of radiation injury in patients undergoing fluoroscopic procedures. It is time to review some of the risks of ionizing radiation as well as some of our practices at the University Hospital of West Indies (UHWI). In this review, we discuss the relative risks associated with common radiological examinations as well as explore the relative merits of various clinical protocols for the radiological investigation of common diseases seen at the UHWI.

PubMed Disclaimer

LinkOut - more resources