Neurointerventional fellow radiation doses over 16 months prior to and during pregnancy
Month | Total cases | DSA (%) | Intervention (%) | Total fluoroscopy time (min) | Total radiation (KAP) from fluoroscopy equipment (Gy.cm2) | Collar radiation badge shallow dose (mrem) | Fetal radiation badge (mrem) |
02–2018 | 60 | 34 (56%) | 26 (43%) | 1888 | 7517 | 167 | NA |
03–2018 | 54 | 36 (66%) | 18 (33%) | 1539 | 7758 | 101 | NA |
04–2018 | 39 | 27 (69%) | 12 (31%) | 1063 | 5242 | 20 | NA |
05–2018 | 59 | 33 (56%) | 26 (44%) | 1598 | 10 126 | 159 | NA |
06–2018 | 44 | 29 (66%) | 15 (34%) | 834 | 5252 | 101 | NA |
07–2018 | 46 | 26 (56%) | 20 (43%) | 995 | 5284 | 326 | NA |
08–2018 | 35 | 14 (40%) | 21 (60%) | 1276 | 4083 | NA | |
09–2018 | 29 | 15 (52%) | 14 (48%) | 1020 | 4319 | 136 | NA |
10–2018 | 70 | 26 (37%) | 44 (63%) | 2259 | 8461 | 194 | NA |
11–2018 | 42 | 17 (40%) | 25 (60%) | 1283 | 5617 | 187 | NA |
12–2018 | 29 | 11 (38%) | 18 (62%) | 807 | 2919 | 83 | 0 |
01–2019 | 47 | 21 (45%) | 26 (55%) | 1735 | 7585 | 126 | 0 |
02–2019 | 40 | 21 (53%) | 19 (47%) | 1083 | 4536 | 69 | 0 |
03–2019 | 50 | 18 (36%) | 32 (64%) | 1909 | 5195 | 83 | 0 |
04–2019 | 49 | 26 (53%) | 23 (47%) | 1692 | 6295 | 128 | 0 |
05–2019 | 65 | 27 (42%) | 38 (58%) | 1749 | 7063 | 142 | 0 |
Total | 758 | 381 | 377 | 22 730 | 97 249 | 2022 | 0 |
DSA, digital subtraction angiography; KAP, kerma-area product.