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Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
Radiation Dose to ... year - Barium Enema ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... #CXR #CT #Nuclear ... #Comparison #Table
X-ray limitations
It’s important to know the limitations of X-rays so we can correctly interpret them in
interpret them in clinical ... consider better imaging—from ... UltraSound (POCUS) to CT ... ChestXRay #KUB #CXR ... #Limitations #Comparison
How much radiation is used in paediatric radiology examinations compared to other exposures?

Estimated dose - Days
Estimated dose - ... days Chest X-ray ... #Imaging #ChestXRay ... #CXR #CT #Nuclear ... #Comparison #Table
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired ... 100,000/μl) Imaging ... radiograph or CT ... Yield of blood CX ... Management #treatment #Pulmonary
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
plasmacytoma) Clinical ... Imaging: • Marked ... • 18F-FDG PET/CT ... • No CRAB - no anemia ... RT): Radiation doses
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
This patient’s clinical ... exam findings and clinical ... (CXR), try rotating ... not seen on a CXR ... #Radiology #CTChest