Purpose To implement typical doses (TD) and typical values (TV) for fluoroscopic diagnostic and interventional procedures. Material and Methods 3811 fluoroscopic procedures performed within 34 months on three devices were included in this retrospective study. Dose-, patient- and procedure-related information were extracted using the institutional dose management system (DMS). TD/TV were defined as median dose and calculated for the five most frequent procedures per device for dose area product (DAP), cumulative air kerma (CAK) and fluoroscopy time (FT). National DRLs and other single facility studies were compared to our results. Additionally, the five procedures with the highest doses of each device were analyzed. To evaluate the data coverage of the DMS compared to the picture archiving and communication system (PACS), procedure lists were extracted from the PACS and compared to the procedure information extracted from the DMS. Results TD/TV for 15 procedures were implemented. Among all devices, TD for DAP ranged between 0.6 Gycm² for port catheter control (n=64) and 145.9 Gycm² for transarterial chemoembolization (n=84). TD for CAK ranged between 5 mGy for port catheter control and 1397 mGy for aneurysm treatment (n=129) and TV for FT ranged between 0.3 minutes for upper cavography (n=67) and 51.4 minutes for aneurysm treatment. TD for DAP and CAK were lower or within the range of other single facility studies. The five procedures with the highest median DAP per device were identified, 6 of 15 procedures were also found to be among the most frequent procedures. Data coverage of the DMS compared to the PACS ranged between 71% (device 2, stroke treatment) and 78% (device 1, lower limb angiography) for the most common procedure per device. Thus, in 22-29% of cases dose data of the performed procedure was not transferred into the DMS. Conclusion We implemented TD/TV for fluoroscopic diagnostic and interventional procedures which enable a comprehensive dose analysis and comparison with previously published values.
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