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Can a portable neonatal abdomen xray hurt a baby?
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No: Radiation risk form x -rays is minimum, doctors will not order if it is not needed.
Answered 7/21/2014
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Just one? No.: Many neonates have xrays. Unless they have very many, there is unlikely to be a harmful effect. But your question is timely: physicians have become more mindful of the cumulative radiation a person may be exposed to as our life expectancy rises. We should all consider the risk-reward ratio of any test or treatment we suggest.
Answered 4/30/2012
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