Philips has investigated the complaint and came to the following conclusion: the medical case started as a left coronary catheter procedure but complications led to a pci (percutaneous coronary intervention) resulting in a very long time for the patient on the table.The root cause of the high dose is the length of the pci procedure as indicated by an attending nurse.A philips application specialist made calculations and concluded that; the total dose of 14.1 gray can be the result of the very long fluoroscopy time, with a normal dose rate and the 50 exposure runs.The conclusion of the analysis is therefore that the high dose is caused by the length of the procedure, resulting in more than 3 hours of fluoroscopy time, with normal dose rates.(b)(4).
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