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Effective radiation dose in adults - Following are comparisons of effective radiation dose in adults with
Following are comparisons ... in adults with background ... Doses #Imaging #ChestXRay ... #CXR #CT #Nuclear ... #Comparison #Table
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
50 CXRs Head CT ... PatientInfo #Radiology #Background ... Doses #Imaging #ChestXRay ... #Comparison #Table ... #Risks #Testing
How much radiation is used in paediatric radiology examinations compared to other exposures?

Estimated dose - Days
dose - Days of background ... radiation Natural background ... Doses #Imaging #ChestXRay ... #Comparison #Table ... #Risks #Testing
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
Tomography Angiography (CTA ... PatientInfo #Radiology #Background ... Doses #Imaging #ChestXRay ... #Comparison #Table ... #Risks #Testing
Algorithm for Evaluation of Suspected Pulmonary Embolism #Diagnosis #EM #IM #PCC #PulmonaryEmbolism #Pulmonary #Embolism #DDimer #CTA
Algorithm for Evaluation ... Embolism #Diagnosis #EM ... #IM #PCC #PulmonaryEmbolism ... Embolism #DDimer #CTA ... #Algorithm #Ddxof
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
b) CHF c) CVA ... algorithm to determine ... Recent PCI/stenting ... surgery Stress Testing ... preoperative stress testing
The chart below (from the FDA) shows radiation exposure with a variety of procedures and how
compares to the background ... radiation of a few CT ... PatientInfo #Radiology #Background ... Doses #Imaging #ChestXRay ... #CXR #CT #Comparison
Diagnostic algorithm for differentiating vestibular neuritis from stroke in patients with AVS. This sequence of testing
Diagnostic algorithm ... the diagnostic algorithm ... nervous system; PCP ... AVS #Posterior #CVA ... Vestibular #Syndrome #Algorithm