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February 2, 20260 citationsOpen Access

X-Ray Dose Audit and Potential Diagnostic Reference Levels in Kaduna State, Nigeria

X-Ray Dose Audit and Potential Local Diagnostic Reference Levels in Select Hospitals in Kaduna State, Nigeria

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AIAbeabe IshiekwenAAAbubakar Sadiq AliyuMNMaduakonam Simon Nwafor

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Overview

Audit measures x-ray doses in patients, indicating safe levels compared to international guidelines.

Key Points

  • The audit aims to measure x-ray doses in common radiographic procedures to establish local reference levels.
  • Conducted dose audit using thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLDs) for various x-ray examinations
  • Measured entrance surface dose (ESD) on 420 randomly selected adult patients
  • Included common radiographic projections such as chest PA, skull PA, and lumbar spine AP
  • Mean ESD for chest PA was 0.44 – 0.9 mGy; lateral was 0.9 – 1.5 mGy
  • Mean ESD for skull PA was 2.0 – 4.7 mGy; lateral was 1.7 – 3.4 mGy
  • Mean ESD for lumbar spine AP was 3.4 - 7.8 mGy; lateral was 6.8 – 11.3 mGy
  • Mean ESD for abdomen AP was 3.6 – 6.2 mGy; pelvic AP was 2.4 – 6.9 mGy
  • Dose levels were below IAEA recommendations, indicating safe practices.

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Ishiekwen et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6980fe13c1c9540dea80fd05https://doi.org/10.82547/jrrs.vol32no1.74
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