Assessing Radiation Dosage in Pediatric Head and Neck Computed Tomography Examinations During COVID-19 in a Tertiary Hospital in Saudi Arabia, Jeddah.

This study aimed to assess the practice of imaging and optimization of the radiation dose in pediatric head and neck computed tomography (CT) examinations during the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) period. This study is based on a retrospective analysis of pediatric head CT records, conducted in the Radiology Department of the King Abdulaziz University Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. We examined the data of all pediatric patients between 0 and 14 years of age who underwent head CT scans between March and September in both 2019 (before the COVID-19 pandemic) and 2020 (during the COVID-19 pandemic).