Campbell N, Buckley O, McGlone B, O'Shea D, Torreggiani W C
Weight Management Service and Department of Radiology, St Columcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown, Co Dublin.
Ir Med J. 2009 Apr;102(4):116-7.
Obesity is a global epidemic, responsible for 2000 premature deaths in Ireland each year. The extent of this epidemic was quantified by the National Taskforce on Obesity (IOTF), whose report, published in 2005, found that 39% of adults in Ireland were overweight and 18% obese with obesity in adults predicted to increase by 1% per year. In light of the clear evidence that we, as a nation, are quite literally expanding, how well equipped are Irish hospitals and, in particular, radiology departments, to deal with patients of increasing size and weight? The purpose of this study was to quantify the weight limits and girth restrictions of the radiology equipment, in particular CT, MRI and fluoroscopy, in hospitals, both public and private, in Ireland in an attempt to answer this question.
肥胖是一种全球性流行病，每年在爱尔兰导致2000例过早死亡。肥胖问题特别工作组（IOTF）对这一流行病的规模进行了量化，其2005年发布的报告发现，爱尔兰39%的成年人超重，18%肥胖，预计成年人肥胖率将以每年1%的速度上升。鉴于有明确证据表明，作为一个国家，我们确实在不断膨胀，爱尔兰医院，尤其是放射科，应对体型和体重不断增加的患者的能力如何？本研究的目的是量化爱尔兰公立和私立医院放射设备，特别是CT、MRI和荧光透视设备的重量限制和围度限制，试图回答这个问题。
