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Causes of Approach to Altered Level of Consciousness - Workup
Clinical Exam - Focal
 • Trauma
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Hemorrhage • See Imaging ... and Imaging Sections ... Encephalitis Imaging ... Ischemia • Tumor Imaging ... #algorithm #Causes
Imaging options for exclusion of PE in pregnant women
The radiation dose required for either V/Q scanning
Imaging options ... performing definitive imaging ... PE #Pregnancy #Workup ... #Imaging #Comparison ... #Table #Pregnant
Effective radiation dose in adults - Following are comparisons of effective radiation dose in adults with
#PatientInfo #Radiology ... Radiation #Doses #Imaging ... Nuclear #Comparison #Table
Primary Amenorrhea Differential Diagnosis Framework

Workup:
 • β-HCG, TSH and PRL
 • Breast Tanner Staging
 • FSH,
Diagnosis Framework Workup ... Breast Tanner Staging ... obgyn #gynecology #algorithm
Medical Imaging - Radiation Dose
#PatientInfo #Radiology #Procedures #Imaging #Radiation #Doses #ChestXRay #CT #Nuclear #Stress #Comparison #Table
Medical Imaging ... Radiation Dose #PatientInfo ... Radiology #Procedures #Imaging ... Stress #Comparison #Table
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Further Workup

 • CNS symptoms? Get an LP and imaging
FUO) - Further Workup ... Get an LP and imaging ... Returning Traveler’ algorithm ... UnknownOrigin #workup
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
Adults from Common Imaging ... 1 year MEN’S IMAGING ... years WOMEN’S IMAGING ... Radiation #Doses #Imaging ... Nuclear #Comparison #Table
Diagnostic approach to a limping child with an antalgic gait. 

(CBC = complete blood count; CRP
magnetic resonance imaging ... Antalgic #Gait #Algorithm ... Pediatrics #Diagnosis #Workup
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging ... - No other workup ... Hypercoagulable #Workup ... hematology #diagnosis #algorithm
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
Pediatrics 2008 #PatientInfo ... Radiation #Doses #Imaging ... Nuclear #Comparison #Table