Common Healthcare Related Instruments Subjected To Magnetic Attraction Study (CHRISTMAS): prospective in situ experimental study.
Shao Jin OngKoon Liang ChiaTeik Choon SeeMartin John GravesDesmond HoonJoanne HangLycia TeoPeijing SuJames Thomas Patrick Decourcy HallinanMichael OngBertrand Wl AngSwee Tian QuekPublished in: BMJ (Clinical research ed.) (2023)
The study highlights the potential for harm (major tissue damage and bone fractures) when commonly found objects in a healthcare setting are unintentionally brought into the MRI scanner room. Patients and healthcare professionals need to be aware of the dangers associated with bringing ferromagnetic objects into the MRI environment.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- end stage renal disease
- magnetic resonance imaging
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- oxidative stress
- peritoneal dialysis
- diffusion weighted imaging
- computed tomography
- bone mineral density
- risk assessment
- postmenopausal women
- body composition
- climate change
- room temperature
- health insurance
- drug induced
- image quality
- affordable care act