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Cancer Risk from CT - The lifetime attributable risk of 1 cancer from CT by age,
Cancer Risk from ... CT - The lifetime ... scanned area is: #EBM ... #EM #Radiology ... #Cancer #ALiEM
Rewarming Methods in Hypothermia
 • Passive rewarming - Requires adequate patient physiologic mechanisms. Inadequate for more
Low benefit, low risk ... Gastric lavage - Risks ... Peritoneal lavage - Risks ... Thoracic lavage - Risks ... management #treatment #ebm
Effective radiation dose in adults - Following are comparisons of effective radiation dose in adults with
ChestXRay #CXR #CT ... Comparison #Table #Risks
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 ... 200 CXRs Chest CT ... CXRs Abdomen CT ... ChestXRay #CXR #CT ... Comparison #Table #Risks
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
Computed Tomography (CT ... Computed Tomography (CT ... Computed Tomography (CT ... Tomography (PET/CT ... Comparison #Table #Risks
Practice Guidelines for Preoperative Fasting

Infographic by Dr. Jesse Burk-Rafel
@jbrafel

> 8 hours - Heavy foods (fried/fatty) and
pulp, nutritional drinks ... hunger - LOWER risk ... to Reduce the Risk ... Hours #Timeline #EBM
Bystander Efforts and 1-Year Outcomes in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

N Engl J Med 2017; 376:1737-1747 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1601891

Conclusion: Bystander
associated with risks ... VisualAbstract #BLS #EBM
Clinical image showing neck seat belt sign (diagonal abrasions are present along the course of the
belt sign are at risk ... artery injury is CT ... #EM #Clinical #Trauma
Primary Intracranial Hemorrhage (ICH) #Clinical #EM #NSG #Radiology #CT #Primary #IntracranialHemorrhage #ICH #ALiEM
ICH) #Clinical #EM ... NSG #Radiology #CT ... IntracranialHemorrhage #ICH #ALiEM
Epidural Intracranial Hemorrhage (ICH) #Clinical #EM #NSG #Radiology #CT #Epidural #IntracranialHemorrhage #ICH #ALiEM
ICH) #Clinical #EM ... NSG #Radiology #CT ... IntracranialHemorrhage #ICH #ALiEM