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Articles from Egg Medical on radiation safety for the whole team in the interventional lab.

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    Torrance Memorial installs EggNest® Protect in its cath lab

    Torrance Memorial Medical Center installed EggNest Protect in its cardiac catheterization lab, paid for by a charitable donation, and says it is the first hospital in California to do so.

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    Patient BMI and physician radiation dose in coronary angiography

    In 1,119 coronary angiograms, physicians received 7.0 times the radiation dose when the patient's BMI was 40 or more than when it was under 25.

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    Interventional echocardiographers receive higher radiation doses than interventional cardiologists

    In 60 structural heart procedures, the interventional echocardiographer's median dose per case was 10.6 µSv against the interventional cardiologist's 2.1 µSv, and a second study found the highest exposure at the waist and lower body.

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    Anesthesiologists in the cath lab are exposed to more radiation than in the operating room

    A study of anesthesia fellows recorded under 10 mrem a month in the operating rooms and 20 to 180 mrem a month in the cath lab, and a review explains why the position is hard to shield.

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