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RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY
Volume 192, Issue 3, Pages 396-401Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncaa204
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We report three cases of clinically necessary, fluoroscopy-guided, percutaneous biliary procedures performed safely in a pregnant, liver transplant recipient using three different angiography suites. The uterine cumulative equivalent dose was 0.25 mSv, a value obtained by adding the doses of the three procedures described above, and which is relatively low when compared with the naturally occurring background radiation exposure for a 9-month pregnancy (similar to 0.5-1 mSv). Our experience shows that staff knowledge, awareness and liaison promote the application of all dose reduction strategies possible while still achieving the clinical aim despite using different angiographic equipment.
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