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Change: to underestimate.Note that the IR shape is square- this is a legacy of using a DR machine which is capable of providing an IR size of 43 x 43 cms (17 x 17 inches). ... back to the Wikiradiography home page ... back to the Applied Radiography page
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Change: If you are using a machine that does not automatically collimate the beam to the cassette size, it is well worth pre-collimating to ensure that
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Change: Health Effects of Morbid ObesityManual HandlingHovermathttp://www.hovermatt.com/main/products/hovermatt/reusableIf you consider that a safe weight for a radiographer to lift is 20kgs (44 lbs), a patient weighing 150 Kgs
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Change: DR imaging can provide excellent results when undertaking abdominal radiography of morbidly obese patients and is arguable superior to CR in these patientsCollimationIncisional HerniaYou could argue that the X-ray beam should be collimated laterally to
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Change: images together. For example, where a patient has a known or suspected sigmoid volvulus, it is preferable to start with a conventional portrait 35 x 43 cm (17 x 14 inch) positionCollimationIncisional HerniaYou could argue that the X-ray beam should
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Change: The kVp selected should be sufficient to penetrate the patient's abdomen- some of the X-ray photons need to make it to the IR! A higher
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Change: Renamed from Abdominal Radiography of the Borbidly Obese Patient by Jan 14 2010, 6:17 PM EST for: Rename
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Change: The rollboard, not unlike similar devices, renders patient transfers easier by reducing friction. Note that when using a rollboard, the technique is one of pushing the patient not pulling.CollimationIncisional HerniaYou could argue that the X-ray beam should be
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Change: You could argue that the X-ray beam should be collimated laterally to the abdominal wall- irradiation of the patient's subcuntaneous fat increases patient dose without diagnostic benefit. The limitation of this approach is that abdominal hernias can be missed.This is a dorsal decubitus projection
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Change: achieving a result such as this is easy to underestimate.Note that the IR shape is square- this is a legacy of using a DR machine which is capable of providing an IR orsize of 43 x 43 cms.
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Change: formidibleformidable task in terms of transferingtransferring the patient on and off the X-ray table. There are a number of mechanical devices which can provide assitance.Patientassistance.Patient lifting cranes can be a device of choice for these patients. The hovermat device is also ana extremyhighly effective device.
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Change: If you consider that a safe weight for a radiographer to lift is 20kgs, a patient weighing 150 Kgs suggests a formidible task in terms
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Change: This is a 4 quadrant approach to abdominal radiography. Whilst there is considerable overlap of anatomical areas, the difficulty of achieving a result such as this is easy to underestimate.Note that the IR shape is square- this is a
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Change: There were only format changes (bold, italics, etc.) in this version. See this version for details.
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Change: A morbidly obese patient is someone who has a body mass index (BMI) over 40. In practical radiographic terms, it is difficult to state a
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Change: Created by Jan 14 2010, 6:54 AM EST for: no reason given
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