IAEA survey of pediatric CT practice in 40 countries in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Africa: Part 1, frequency and appropriateness

• Main Authors: Jenia Vassileva, Madan M. Rehani, Humoud Al-Dhuhli, Huda M. Al-Naemi, Jamila Salem Al-Suwaidi, Kimberly Appelgate, Danijela Arandjic, Einas Hamed Osman Bashier, Adnan Beganovic, Tony Benavente, Tadeusz Bieganski, Simone Dias, Leila El-Nachef, Dario Faj, Mirtha E. Gamarra-Sánchez, Juan Garcia-Aguilar, L'ubka Gbelcová, Vesna Gershan, Eduard Gershkevitsh, Edward Gruppetta, Alexandru Hustuc, Sonja Ivanovic, Arif Jauhari, Mohammad Hassan Kharita, Siarhei Kharuzhyk, Nadia Khelassi-Toutaoui, Hamid Reza Khosravi, Helen Khoury, Desislava Kostova-Lefterova, Ivana Kralik, Lantao Liu, Jolanta Mazuoliene, Patricia Mora, Wilbroad Muhogora, Pirunthavany Muthuvelu, Leos Novak, Aruna S. Pallewatte, Mohamed Shaaban, Esti Shelly, Karapet Stepanyan, Eu Leong Harvey J. Teo, Naw Thelsy, Pannee Visrutaratna, Areesha Zaman, Dejan Zontar
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84860337424&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/51905
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to assess the frequency of pediatric CT in 40 less-resourced countries and to determine the level of appropriateness in CT use. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Data on the increase in the number of CT examinations during 2007 and 2009 and appropriate use of CT examina...