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. 2016 Dec 9;40(3):421–429. doi: 10.1007/s00270-016-1526-8

Table 2.

(a) Use of in-room shielding per procedure group, (b) Crosstabs of relative FO and FT dose (EFO/DAP and EFT/DAP) with and without ceiling-mounted shielding

(a) Table-side shield use (%) Leaded ceiling-suspendedshield use (%) N
Cerebral interventions 68 49 112
AV fistula interventions 48 32 62
Percutaneous gastrostomy 75 36 28
Biliary interventions 64 40 58
Visceral and renal artery int. 71 52 82
Endovascular aortic repair 0 0 63
Percutaneous nephrostomy 43 26 32
Iliac artery interventions 60 53 54
Venous interventions 48 30 68
Femoral and crural artery int. 61 54 28
(b) E FO/DAP (n = 440) Without With p value
Table-side shield 1.11 ± 1.67 µSv/Gy cm² (n = 171) 1.10 ± 1.62 µSv/Gy cm² (n = 269) p = 0.95
Ceiling-suspended shield 1.17 ± 1.85 µSv/Gy cm² (n = 258) 1.01 ± 1.31 µSv/Gy cm² (182) p = 0.32
E FT/DAP (n = 415) Without With
Table-side shield 0.57 ± 1.45 µSv/Gy cm² (n = 155) 0.460 ± 1.16 µSv/Gy cm² (n = 260) p = 0.39
Ceiling-suspended shield 0.57 ± 1.37 µSv/Gy cm² (n = 234) 0.41 ± 1.13 µSv/Gy cm² (181) p = 0.19