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Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
without contrast material ... X-ray 0.001 mSv ... Tomography (CT) — Lung ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... Imaging #ChestXRay #CXR
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
normal chest x-ray ... left atrium should ... Northwestern University #Clinical ... #EM #Radiology ... #POCUS #CardiacUS
Giant dilated left atrium on Echocardiogram (a4c)
It belongs to a 92-year old lady with a history
Giant dilated left atrium ... Long chronic severe ... ASD with R/L shunting ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal long axis (PLAX)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
- Parasternal long ... wall thickening and ... appearance of heart on CXR ... #clinical #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiology #PLAX
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
specific questions to ask ... Change in clinical ... risk Chest X-ray ... unless prior heart/lung ... CARP, DECREASE V trials
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
clinical judgement ... defaulting to a normal interpretation ... not seen on a CXR ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Lung #Pulmonary