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Small and adult patients' uropoetic system examination from radiological assistant's point of view
TRAPLOVÁ, Lenka
This paper deals with issues related to examinations of the uropoetic system. First, I briefly describe the anatomy and physiology of the urinary system, and then I characterize all the particular imaging methods. Patients with identical diagnoses should undergo identical examinations in an identical and, if possible, optimal sequence. I decided to make a comparison of available national and international guidelines with examination algorithms applied in the Czech Republic. For this purpose, I collected data of 115 patients who underwent radiological examinations in the hospital of České Budějovice, a.s. I abstracted the applied algorithm of the indicated examinations for the diagnoses represented in the sample of patients and, after the comparison, I assessed the deviation from the guidelines. I suggested procedures which seemed to be the most suitable ones when comparing Czech and international guidelines and available studies. I realised that the hospital in České Budějovice meticulously follows the standards defined by professional associations, therefore, upon assessment of all aspects, it can be concluded that examination methods using ionizing radiation can only be replaced by other methods which do not use it in a very small percentage of cases.
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