Defence of the public health warning of an “alarming” overuse of CT computerized in Spain
MADRID, 13 (EUROPA PRESS) La Federation of associations for the defence of public health (FADSP) ensures that in Spain are posters CT scans (CT) “at an alarming rate” in recent years, which in his view is causing radiation doses “unnecessary” for many patients. Thus emerges from a report of recommendations to increase the radiation protection of patients of this entity, after having observed an increased use of these techniques in checks of health, such as screening of certain diseases or “whole body”, and explorations “just in case” or “because we were more relaxed”. Although most of radiological scans are below the 100 millisievert (mSv), there is a substantial increase in the risk, according to the report the FADSP, due to “increasing exploration repetition and the cumulative effect, which gives rise to an increase in the effective doses of studies inversely proportional to its body size”. In addition, the case is “particularly worrying” in children and young people – most vulnerable by greater life expectancy, high radiosensitivities and lack of adaptation of existing equipment-, in whom the radiosensitivities multiply between 2.5 and 10, in the case of the newborn. “Radiology is an essential pillar of the medical diagnosis, and correctly indicated CT studies can redirect the handling of patients, increase their health and their lives,” say the authors of the report. However, recognise their overuse has made “skip alarm” because...
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