How risky are Pediatric CT Scans?
It was recently revealed that of about 600,000 abdominal and
head CT Scans performed annually in children under 15 years of age About 500
might die later from cancer attributed to those CT scans. Between 20 and 50 %
of CT Scans could be replaced by another type of imaging or not done at all.
- Health Capsule TOI
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