How to x-ray pediatric patients?
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Put a t.v. in the room with Noggin on. I sometimes think my kids become comotose when it's on.
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I used to think that a physical consisted of pulling my underware down and hopping around like a bunny but I found out during my second physical in life that that is not standard practice.  I'm still looking for that bastard!\n\nSTD tests are not standard unless you request it.  everyone I have had consist of blood work, turn head and cough and check every hole in your body.  I have never heard of someone getting an x-ray unless they have had previous medical problems.
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By all means, see a doctor and get it x-rayed.
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an xray will show if a growth plate is closed
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I am a registered radiologic technologist and a registered/certified nuclear medicine tech.  I'm not exactly sure about what tools you're talking about?  For regular x-ray there is the tube; the part that looks like a camera.  Inside of the tube is a high voltage circuit that shoots electrons from a cathode to a rotating anode made of tungsten.  Due to the principles of cascading electrons in the electron shells of the tungsten, x-rays are produced. The other part is the film or receiving screen, this is always put behind the anatomy that the radiographer is evaluating.  Once the tube shoots the x-ray, the varying densities in the tissue allow different amounts of rays through to the film. This is the reason on x-ray images that bone shows up the lightest, bone is most dense, thus it allows the least rays through.  Barium, which is used in digestive tract imagine has a high density, so it can highlight anatomy when you drink it.  Lead is used to block any radiosensitive anatomy not included in the image such as gonads, thyroid, eyes, etc..
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This is one project you need to take off of your own to do list. Get to a doctor. You need Xrays and a professionally placed cast.
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Cause the MRI is the best Equipment in medical imaging to have high contrast images to soft tissues\n\nand these images cant be done by Xray and CT cause X ray beam have very high attenuation to bones .... the used more in image the skull and bone structures
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The child should be treated by a pediatric oncologist, pediatric team, in a children's hospital.\nThey are your best guide through the cancer maze as your question is vague. Your doctor should be able to give you advice and various treatment options on what steps to take.\n\nGood luck.
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Known as X-rays, Roentgen rays are routinely used to assess dental health and used as needed for analysis of bone fractures, and lung ailments and diseases such as cancer. Since there is a slight risk of cancer due to excessive exposure to X-rays, they are not used for routine checkups as they once were (e.g., fluoroscopes). See the ref.
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Chest X Ray posterior to anterior (back to front) focusing on right
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East coast fl...I am a Surgical Tech but my aunt is head of the Radiography department. X-ray techs are a vital part of the healthcare industry. It is a reliable and growing field. Ask a local hospital if you can do a "shadow" of the department. Tell them you are going to be entering the program and would like to see how and what is envolved. You can also specialize in areas such as ultra sound tech to. YOu can do both and be more valuable. Try payscale.com for pay. Realize though that you have to consider the type of place, Hospital, or private practice, and many times you can get job placement through school. I hope that you really check on this it is a great area of healthcare.
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http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/218/2/317\nthis might help.
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The Dr. can shine a light in the eye, the instument used is called a retinoscope. They can tell what power the child needs by the way the light reflects off the retina and bounce back out with a specific light pattern. Then the Dr. can neutralize the power with the same instument by changing the power settings on the retinoscope. Usually they will dialate the child's pupils for the exam.
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In most states the doctor 'owns' the xrays and is responsible for maintaining them.  The patient has the right to the information contained in the xrays (e.g. a written report and/or a copy of the films).  The doctor has the right to charge a reasonable fee to cover expenses for providing copies of the films.  \n\nHope this helps you.  Best wishes.
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Skin reddening (erythema) can occur after exposure to radiation HOWEVER the dose of radiation introduced to a patient and a patient's skin in general diagnostic radiography is not even close to damaging enough to cause any kind of radiation burns, spots, marks, etc. The modern (ie, since we've known radiation should be handled with care) cases of radiation burns that I've seen involved intense surgical procedures where the patient was exposed to over an hour (versus 1 or 2 seconds max for regular x-rays) of high energy fluoroscopy during procedures such as cardiac cath.\n\nI'm assuming you had a chest x-ray (?). Hopefully this will make you feel better: the general rule of thumb is that a chest x-ray results in a radiation dose similar to that of what you would recieve flying in a high altitude (say, transatlatic flight) plane for several hours. Remember, as a human on earth you are constantly being exposed to radiation in the form of solar and terrestrial radiation. And, while it does need to be administered safely, that is the reason why we have "radiologic technologists" working at our hospitals. These people go through a lot of training to ensure that patients are not being over exposed.\n\nAs for why the tech had to repeat, often times a patient's individual anatomy does not allow for everything that the doctor needs to see to fit on one picture. If something is missing the tech might have to center differently and take another exposure. \n\nIt may make you feel better to know that Neonatal intensive care babies often recieve several x-rays, everyday, for weeks while they are in the hospital. As babies they are considered to be extremely sensitive to radiation and even so, with all the x-rays, they still grow up fine, healthy, and with no ill effects.\n\nI do not think you have to worry about the exposure that you recieved ;-)
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A VCUG is usually done for recurrent UTIs.  The patient will be asked to undress from the waist down (pants and panties), and be given a gown.  She will be asked to empty her bladder in the bathroom.  Usually, a preliminary x-ray image will be taken.  The only way to see the bladder and uterers (the tubes that connect the bladder to the kidney) with x-ray is to introduce a contrast or dye.  In order to do that, the patient must be catheterized.  The radiologic technologist or possibly a nurse will do this part of the study.  Your daughter will be laying on her back, with her knees bent and spread apart.  The tech/nurse will clean the outside of the genitilia with a betadine soap and insert a small tube through the urethra to the bladder.  This can be very uncomfortable as the tube is passed through the urethra, but once the tube is in place, your daughter will not know it is there.  It is important that she try to relax her muscles as the tube is introduced.  Tight muscles will make the insertion harder and it will take longer, meaning it will prolong the uncomfortable feeling.  Once the tube is in place, the legs are straightened and her gown or even a blanket will be put over her, so that she is not exposed.  At that point, the radiologist will enter the room.  While watching in real time on a TV screen, the radiologist will start allowing the contrast to fill the bladder, via the catheter.  Your daughter will probably be able to see this as well.  Eventually, her bladder will start telling her brain that she needs to urinate.  We want the bladder to get fairly full.  They are looking to make sure the valves at the UPJ (ureteropelvic junction-where the ureters enter the bladder) are competent.  They should not open and allow fluid from the bladder to enter the ureters.  Once your daughter feels full, she will be asked to pee on the x-ray table.  They will put towels between her legs, and she will be covered.  Peeing on the table is important, because sometimes with the pressure, the urine will leave the bladder and enter the ureter.  IF a patient cannot pee on the table (and some cannot for modesty issues), we will take out the catheter tube and have her pee in the toilet in private.  After emptying the bladder, she will be asked to hustle back to the x-ray table for a picture to make sure there is no contrast in the ureters.    There really is no side effects post procedure.  She will not leak contrast or have pain.  So whatever she wants to wear is fine.  The worst part of this study is the embarassment of the catheterization.  And as long as you are not pregnant, you should be allowed to wear a leaded apron and stay in the room with her, if she wishes.\n\nAnother good idea:  When they catheterize your daughter, you can get a "clean catch" of urine.  Make sure they give you some of this clean catch for testing.  When you urinate into a cup, it is possible for contamination from the labia etc.  A clean catch is just urine, and nothing else.  Our pediatric group in town always wants the parent to bring a clean catch to them so they can test it for bacteria.  Find out if this is something they want you to do before the procedure begins.  It may save your daughter from having to be catheterized for a clean catch later on.
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An upper gastrointestinal (UGI) series examines the upper and middle portions of the gastrointestinal tract (intestines) using contrast material, fluoroscopy, and X-ray. Before the test, you will swallow liquid barium (barium contrast material) and water. The barium is often combined with gas-producing crystals. Your doctor then tracks the progress of the barium through your esophagus, stomach, and first part of the small intestine (duodenum) using fluoroscopy connected to a video monitor. Several X-ray pictures are usually taken at different times and from different directions.\n\nThe short answer is they will most likley feed him some formula and then put him on a lil x-ray bed and take a few pictures.  You won't be in the room but you will be behind a transparent lead glass(to protect you from exess x-ray) and will be able to see your child at all times.