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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
Medical Radiation Doses ... Background #Radiation #Doses ... #Imaging #ChestXRay ... #Table #Risks #Testing
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 ... Care UltraSound (POCUS ... Diagnosis #Radiology #ChestXRay
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
Radiation Dose to ... Adults from Common Imaging ... Background #Radiation #Doses ... #Imaging #ChestXRay ... #Table #Risks #Testing
Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy - EMCases Algorithm

Clinical Pearls:
 - Reproducible chest wall tenderness does
Pregnancy - EMCases Algorithm ... Clinical Pearls ... wall tenderness does ... Consider walk testing ... underlying hypoxia #Algorithm
Pediatric Skull Fracture with Associated Hematoma on POCUS

Working with the challenges of risk stratification, management of
Associated Hematoma on POCUS ... the low resource setting ... , where skull pocus ... Making PECARN work ... Peds #Pediatrics #Clinical
How much radiation is used in paediatric radiology examinations compared to other exposures?

Estimated dose - Days
Estimated dose - ... Background #Radiation #Doses ... #Imaging #ChestXRay ... #Table #Risks #Testing
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
runner presents to clinic ... expiration not meeting ... shudder by M‐mode imaging ... Echocardiogram #a4c #pocus ... #clinical #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Does the patient ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... surgery Stress Testing ... preoperative stress testing
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
just simply a clinical ... than sensitive making ... Imaging and more ... adjusting the dose ... #differential #algorithm
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
alterations in the setting ... only 5% of the resting ... patient before making ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... echocardiogram #management #clinical