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Effective radiation dose in adults - Following are comparisons of effective radiation dose in adults with
Following are comparisons ... #Doses #Imaging ... ChestXRay #CXR #CT ... #Nuclear #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
Estimated Medical Radiation ... Chest CT 3 mSv 150 ... #Doses #Imaging ... #Nuclear #Comparison ... #Table #Risks #
How much radiation is used in paediatric radiology examinations compared to other exposures?

Estimated dose - Days
Chest CT 3 mSv 12 ... #Doses #Imaging ... #Nuclear #Comparison ... #Table #Risks # ... #Study #Peds #Pediatrics
Medical Imaging - Radiation Dose
#PatientInfo #Radiology #Procedures #Imaging #Radiation #Doses #ChestXRay #CT #Nuclear #Stress #Comparison #Table
Medical Imaging ... - Radiation Dose ... #ChestXRay #CT ... Nuclear #Stress #Comparison ... #Table #Risks
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
Radiation Dose to ... Adults from Common Imaging ... Radiology #Background #Radiation ... #Nuclear #Comparison ... #Table #Risks #
Figure 2. - Effective radiation doses associated with common cardiovascular imaging tests. The average effective radiation
cardiovascular imaging ... CT indicates computed ... #Doses #CT #Angiography ... Nuclear #Stress #Comparison ... #Risks
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
fibroinflammatory syndrome ... , and/or other risk ... • 1st line: CT ... osteoporosis • Risk ... gastroenterology #treatment
The chart below (from the FDA) shows radiation exposure with a variety of procedures and how
of life: A CT ... cells taking in 8 mSV ... #Doses #Imaging ... #Comparison #Table ... #Risks
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
inflammatory response Risk ... sex • Metabolic syndrome ... Nonspecific findings Imaging ... • Dual-energy CT ... drug failure • Risk
Posterior Knee Dislocation Injury
Specifically, POSTERIOR KNEE DISLOCATIONS can have significant associated injury that needs unique approach
definitive vascular imaging ... Compartment syndrome ... risk high with ... Consider CT. ... Posterior #Injury #msk