NCT02925936

Choice of Tube Extremity in Emission of Lowest Radiation Dose in Pediatric Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 48 (actual)
• Sponsor: Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Compare the radiation in pediatric patients thyroid submitted to chest X-ray using the position of the anode and cathode.

Detailed description

The study's primary goal was to compare radiation exposure in two different positions during chest x rays in children. It was conducted from June/2014 to July/2015, and included children from 0 to12 years old staying at the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Instituto de Cardiologia de Porto Alegre, Brazil, with chest x ray requests during ICU stay. They were randomized to two groups: during the x ray, one group was positioned with the thyroid facing the anode end, and the other group was positioned with the thyroid facing the cathode end.

Conditions

• Radiation Absorption
• Radiography

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Thyroid facing the anode end of xray machine	Thyroid position: facing the anode end of xray machine
OTHER	Thyroid facing the cathode end of xray machine	Thyroid position: facing the cathode end of xray machine

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-06-01
• Primary completion: 2015-07-01
• Completion: 2015-07-01
• First posted: 2016-10-06
• Last updated: 2016-10-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil