Table 4.
Study cohort median radiation exposure parameters and interquartile range (IQR) stratified by weight for diagnostic procedures, interventions, and RHC with biopsy.
| Weight (kg) | N | Air Kerma (mGy) from both planes | DAP (μGy m2) from both planes | DAP/kg (μGy m2/kg) from both planes | Fluoroscopy time (min) from both planes | Fraction Air Kerma from fluoroscopy | ||||||
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| Median | IQR | Median | IQR | Median | IQR | Median | IQR | Median | IQR | |||
| Diagnostic | 0–5 | 42 | 22 | 12–45 | 93 | 55–174 | 25 | 13–43 | 21 | 9–31 | 0.41 | 0.24–0.50 |
| 5–12.5 | 119 | 25 | 14–53 | 137 | 76–307 | 22 | 11–47 | 18 | 12–26 | 0.37 | 0.24–0.53 | |
| 12.5–25 | 94 | 32 | 19–67 | 266 | 151–612 | 16 | 9–37 | 14 | 8–21 | 0.33 | 0.21–0.51 | |
| 25–45 | 22 | 75 | 37–129 | 682 | 450–1173 | 21 | 13–37 | 12 | 6–28 | 0.48 | 0.19–0.70 | |
| 45–65 | 17 | 110 | 69–227 | 1326 | 721–3017 | 22 | 13–57 | 12 | 8–16 | 0.34 | 0.17–0.48 | |
| >65 | 18 | 133 | 28–382 | 1565 | 432–4540 | 19 | 6–45 | 7 | 3–19 | 0.43 | 0.24–0.87 | |
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| Intervention | 0–5 | 123 | 32 | 17–60 | 120 | 53–198 | 33 | 16–61 | 21 | 12–40 | 0.48 | 0.32–0.69 |
| 5–12.5 | 208 | 35 | 18–75 | 174 | 90–496 | 24 | 12–63 | 22 | 12–39 | 0.42 | 0.26–0.57 | |
| 12.5–25 | 130 | 42 | 19–82 | 278 | 131–678 | 18 | 8–37 | 19 | 11–30 | 0.47 | 0.33–0.64 | |
| 25–45 | 70 | 100 | 46–386 | 1081 | 469–2535 | 34 | 15–77 | 20 | 10–30 | 0.46 | 0.27–0.72 | |
| 45–65 | 41 | 199 | 104–659 | 2689 | 1244–7353 | 53 | 21–151 | 20 | 11–32 | 0.53 | 0.35–0.85 | |
| >65 | 31 | 206 | 71–968 | 3522 | 843–6978 | 46 | 9–90 | 15 | 9–21 | 0.49 | 0.34–0.67 | |
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| RHC biopsy | 5–12.5 | 30 | 6 | 1–25 | 38 | 5–158 | 4.0 | 1–13 | 7 | 4–14 | 0.95 | 0.30–1.00 |
| 12.5–25 | 73 | 23 | 1–60 | 157 | 12–373 | 9 | 1–21 | 9 | 5–14 | 0.51 | 0.28–1.00 | |
| 25–45 | 34 | 8 | 1–92 | 88 | 14–751 | 2 | 0–27 | 7 | 4–10 | 0.94 | 0.32–1.00 | |
| 45–65 | 46 | 8 | 2–136 | 91 | 37–1577 | 2 | 1–28 | 6 | 4–9 | 1.00 | 0.37–1.00 | |
| >65 | 31 | 12 | 3–327 | 177 | 39–530 | 3 | 1–58 | 6 | 3–14 | 1.00 | 0.57–1.00 | |