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Effective radiation dose in adults - Following are comparisons of effective radiation dose in adults with
dose in adults ... dose in adults ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... #Doses #Imaging ... ChestXRay #CXR #CT
Medical Imaging - Radiation Dose
#PatientInfo #Radiology #Procedures #Imaging #Radiation #Doses #ChestXRay #CT #Nuclear #Stress #Comparison #Table
Dose #PatientInfo ... #Radiology #Procedures ... #Doses #ChestXRay ... #CT #Nuclear #Stress ... #Comparison #Table
Figure 2. - Effective radiation doses associated with common cardiovascular imaging tests. The average effective radiation
doses associated ... doses of common ... #PatientInfo #Cardiology ... #Radiology #Cardiac ... #Radiation #Doses
Treatment of Stable Narrow-Complex Tachycardia
Regular Rhythm:
 • Attempt vagal maneuvers
 • Give adenosine 6 milligrams IV
if does not convert ... Repeat 12-milligram dose ... B-blockers) • Does ... Tachycardia #Treatment #management ... #cardiology #algorithm
Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) - Guideline Directed Medical Therapy - Initiation Strategies

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Ejection Fraction (HFrEF ... • Rapid low-dose ... Heart #Failure #CHF ... #management #GDMT ... #cardiology #titration
Imaging options for exclusion of PE in pregnant women
The radiation dose required for either V/Q scanning
dose required for ... /Q scanning or CT-PA ... teratogenic fetal dose ... Obstetrics #OBGyn #Radiology ... Workup #Imaging #Comparison
HFrEF: Guideline Directed Medical Therapy

"Must Be On"
 • ACEI, ARB, or ARNI AND select Beta Blockers
HFrEF: Guideline ... Optimize BB to target dose ... increasing ACEI or ARB dose ... #management #medications ... #chf #cardiology
Pharmacology of diuretics

Acetazolamide, Loop diuretics, Thiazide‐like diuretics, MRA, Amiloride

Site of Action, Maximum Dose, Half-Life, Onset, Bioavailability,
Action, Maximum Dose ... #Pharmacology #Comparison ... Loop #Thiazide #CHF ... #Cardiology #Management
The chart below (from the FDA) shows radiation exposure with a variety of procedures and how
dose for 2.7 years ... dose from a procedure ... absorbing that same dose ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... #Doses #Imaging
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
Estimated Medical Radiation ... Doses for 5 Year-Old ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... #Doses #Imaging ... #Nuclear #Comparison