Nuclear Medicine & Radiation Therapy

Adambounou K

Publications

• Research Article
  Knowledge and Attitude of Togolese Radiographers on Medical Irradiation of Pregnant Women
  Author(s): Adambounou K, Achy OB, Fiagan YA, Adigo AMY, Mondé K, Gbande P, Sonhaye L, Tapsoba TL and Adjenou KVAdambounou K, Achy OB, Fiagan YA, Adigo AMY, Mondé K, Gbande P, Sonhaye L, Tapsoba TL and Adjenou KV
  
  Purpose: Evaluate the knowledge and the attitude of the Togolese radiographers on the medical irradiation of pregnant women. Materials and Methods: Cross-sectional study performed in April, 2011 about 72 radiographers of the public and private hospitals in Togo. Results: The quarter of the radiographers thought that the MRI is an irradiant examination and 44.5% of them did not know that the scintigraphy uses ionizing radiations. There were 77.7% to consider that the pregnancy is not an absolved contraindication for any irradiant medical imaging modality. They thought in 88.8% of the cases that radiography must be realized only in the first ten days of the menstrual cycle of women old enough to procreate. The majority of the radiographers (72.3%) did not ask the date of last menstruation of the women before undergoing the examination. None recorded the exposure paramete.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9619.S7-003

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