Radiation exposure accompanying medical imaging associates with @entity5 risk. @entity1 with recurrent or @entity102 may be especially at risk, because they may undergo more of these procedures. The aim of this study was to assess the individual cumulative effective doses (CEDs), which quantify radiation from medical imaging procedures, in a cohort of 106 hemodialysis @entity1 during a median follow-up of 3 years. We retrospectively calculated individual radiation exposures by collecting the number and type of radiologic procedures from hospital records. We also estimated organ doses for computed tomography procedures. The mean and median annual CEDs were 21.9 and 11.7 @entity2073 per @entity1 -year, respectively. The mean and median total CEDs per @entity1 during the study period were 57.7 and 27.3 @entity2073 , respectively. By radiation dose group, we classified 22 @entity1 as low (<3 @entity2073 /yr), 51 as moderate (3 to <20 @entity2073 /yr), 22 as high (20 to <50 @entity2073 /yr), and 11 as very high (>= 50 @entity2073 /yr). Seventeen @entity1 had a total CED >100 @entity2073 , a value associated with a substantial increase in risk for @entity5 -related mortality. Of the total CED,s 76% was a result of CT scanning. The annual CED significantly associated with age and transplant waitlist status. In summary, this study shows that a significant fraction of surviving hemodialysis @entity1 during a 3-year period receives estimated radiation doses that may put them at an increased risk for @entity5 .

Estimated radiation exposure from medical imaging in hemodialysis XXXX .

@entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['cancer'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'patient'] @entity2073 :: ('10821', 'Species') :: ['mSv'] @entity102 :: ('MESH:D002908', 'Disease') :: ['chronic diseases']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['patients']
