Volume 26, Issue 130, December 2022

Is there a misuse of brain computed tomography in children? A retrospective record-based study in Al Kharj

Ali Hassan A Ali^1,2♦, Ismail Abdelfattah M Hassan³, Omar O Serhan⁴, Saad Hamad Aljuaydi⁵, Khaled Ibrahim Fahad Alrasheedi⁵, Nasser Shudayyid Alharbi⁵, Khalid Fahad Alanazi⁵, Khalid Mohammed S Alasiri⁵, Abdulaziz F Alyahya⁵, Mohammed Hoshan Almajed⁶

¹Anatomy Department, College of Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, KSA
²Anatomy Department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
³Pediatric and Neonatology Specialist, New Medical Center, Royal Hospital, Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi 35233, United Arab Emirates
⁴Radiology Department, King Khalid Hospital, Ministry of Health, Al- Kharj, KSA
⁵College of Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, KSA
⁶College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA

^♦Corresponding author
Anatomy Department, College of Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, KSA and Anatomy Department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study was to examine and document all brain CT examinations performed in 2022 at King Khalid Hospital in Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia, along with the results of those examinations, which were based on the reasons for the scan. The study's goal is to compare asking for a CT scan of the brain to reporting the results. Between 1 January and 31 October 2022, a retrospective study was conducted at the department of radiology at King Khalid Hospital. To create the study's sample, 355 kids had CT brain scans; the information about them was examined and analyzed from radiology records. According to the study, a significant portion of radiological data from brain CT scans did not support the clinical diagnosis. Cases for this study were seen in the three emergency, inpatient and outpatient departments. According to this finding, some kids who underwent CT brain scans from the radiology department were exposed to radiation inadvertently. The study found that, although the brain CT may be significant in some circumstances, the majority of brain CTs performed on children was not justified and that more brain CT data did not support the clinical diagnosis. Therefore, the rise in demand for pointless brain CT scans is a major worry. As a result, pediatricians should be more cautious when asking for a brain CT unless it is absolutely necessary.

Keywords: Brain CT, Radiology, Children, Al-Kharj

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms569e2669

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i130/ms569e2669

Published: 27 December 2022