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Syncope Diagnostic Testing and Evaluation: Cost Effectiveness
Frequency obtained - Abnormal findings - Helped determine etiology of
ECG, Telemetry, Cardiac ... EEG, Brain MRI, Cardiac ... stress test - ... Syncope #diagnosis #workup ... Effectiveness #table #comparison
Effective radiation dose in adults - Following are comparisons of effective radiation dose in adults with
Following are comparisons ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... Radiation #Doses #Imaging ... #ChestXRay #CXR ... #CT #Nuclear #Comparison
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
thromboembolism → Cardiac ... Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging ... → Test for APS ... - No other workup ... CBC, aPTT, +/- CXR
Imaging options for exclusion of PE in pregnant women
The radiation dose required for either V/Q scanning
Imaging options ... performing definitive imaging ... Obstetrics #OBGyn #Radiology ... PE #Pregnancy #Workup ... #Imaging #Comparison
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
0.0015 mSv 1/14th CXRs ... chest 0.02 mSv 1 CXRs ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... Radiation #Doses #Imaging ... #CT #Nuclear #Comparison
X-ray limitations
It’s important to know the limitations of X-rays so we can correctly interpret them in
consider better imaging—from ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... ChestXRay #KUB #CXR ... #Limitations #Comparison
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
IMAGING: Always ... you look at the imaging ... failure, esp in work-up ... get an EKG and CXR ... Urine Pregnancy Test
Figure 2. - Effective radiation doses associated with common cardiovascular imaging tests. The average effective radiation
tests. ... tests with current ... #PatientInfo #Cardiology ... #Radiology #Cardiac ... Nuclear #Stress #Comparison
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
Adults from Common Imaging ... mSv 4 years - Cardiac ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... #ChestXRay #CXR ... #CT #Nuclear #Comparison
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
knowledge about imaging ... On a CXR the most ... appreciate on a cest ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR