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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
FDG PET3 scan ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... Doses #Imaging #ChestXRay ... Testing #Study #Peds ... #Pediatrics
X-ray limitations
It’s important to know the limitations of X-rays so we can correctly interpret them in
Point Of Care UltraSound ... (POCUS) to CT or ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #ChestXRay #KUB ... #CXR #Sensitivity
Lung Ultrasound for Diagnosing Pneumonia - Scan through 6 zones (3 per side) 1. Midclavicular line
Lung Ultrasound ... for Diagnosing Pneumonia ... - Scan through ... #Peds #EM #PICU ... #POCUS #Lung #Pneumonia
Diagram of different types of bone tumors that can occur around the knee on XRay -
bone tumors that can ... #Bone #Tumors #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Radiology ... #XRay #peds #pediatrics ... #msk #lesions #
Pneumonia on POCUS

Otherwise healthy 12mo-old w/ fever. Linear & phased array viewing the lung (subpleural &
array viewing the lung ... >1cm, supports diagnosis ... imaging such as cxr ... #clinical #lung ... #ultrasound #pediatrics
Humeral Head Growth Plate on Shoulder POCUS

A 15yo male presents with shoulder pain. Which of the
Plate on Shoulder POCUS ... following is his diagnosis ... based on the ultrasound ... #MSK #Peds #Pediatrics ... #clinical #ultrasound
Sternal fracture on POCUS. 

It’s super easy! Place linear probe in long axis over point of
Sternal fracture on POCUS ... linear probe in long ... much higher than CXR ... & can diagnose ... #ultrasound
Rib fractures on POCUS 
1. look for a discontinuity at the site of pain and tenderness
US beats CXR on ... Most CXR are wasted ... beyond a clinical diagnosis ... orient in line on long ... #clinical #ultrasound
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Several of the diagnoses ... a chest x-ray (CXR ... not seen on a CXR ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Lung #Pulmonary