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Estimated Medical Radiation Doses for 5 Year-Old Child

3-view ankle	0.0015 mSv	1/14th CXRs
2-view chest	0.02 mSv	1 CXRs
Anteroposterior and lateral
and lateral abdomen ... 50 CXRs Head CT ... CXRs Abdomen CT ... Doses #Imaging #ChestXRay ... #CXR #CT #Nuclear
X-ray limitations
It’s important to know the limitations of X-rays so we can correctly interpret them in
better imaging—from ... UltraSound (POCUS) to CT ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #ChestXRay #KUB ... #CXR #Sensitivity
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
Dose to Adults from ... - Extremity (hand ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... Doses #Imaging #ChestXRay ... #CXR #CT #Nuclear
Cancer Risk from CT - The lifetime attributable risk of 1 cancer from CT by age,
Cancer Risk from ... risk of 1 cancer from ... area is: #EBM #EM ... #Radiology #CancerRisk ... #Cancer #ALiEM
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
lateral wrist XR ... onto outstretched hand ... MH/CCF/CWRU EM ... Wrist #Carpal #Radiology ... Orthopedics #Sports #MSK
B-lines are visualized as hyperechoic vertical artifacts arising from the pleural line and extending off the
artifacts arising from ... the pleural line and ... pattern #Clinical #EM ... #Radiology #PCC ... #Lung #BLines #ALiEM
The chart below (from the FDA) shows radiation exposure with a variety of procedures and how
of procedures and ... cells taking in 8 mSV ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... Doses #Imaging #ChestXRay ... #CXR #CT #Comparison
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
(@MarkRamzyDO, EM ... Hamilton, MD (EM ... a chest x-ray (CXR ... not seen on a CXR ... #Radiology #CTChest