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Effective radiation dose in adults - Following are comparisons of effective radiation dose in adults with
Following are comparisons ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... ChestXRay #CXR #CT ... #Nuclear #Comparison ... #Table #Risks
Medical Imaging - Radiation Dose
#PatientInfo #Radiology #Procedures #Imaging #Radiation #Doses #ChestXRay #CT #Nuclear #Stress #Comparison #Table
Imaging - Radiation Dose ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... #ChestXRay #CT ... #Nuclear #Stress ... #Comparison #Table
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
Medical Radiation Doses ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... #Nuclear #Comparison ... #Table #Risks # ... Testing #Study #
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
Radiation Dose to ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... #Nuclear #Comparison ... #Table #Risks # ... Testing #Study
How much radiation is used in paediatric radiology examinations compared to other exposures?

Estimated dose - Days
Estimated dose - ... Background #Radiation #Doses ... #Nuclear #Comparison ... #Table #Risks # ... Testing #Study #
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
and Screening Testing ... MRA; abdominal CT ... • Cushing’s syndrome ... Mineralocorticoid excess syndromes ... Screening #Workup #table
A toxidrome is a syndrome (set of symptoms) caused by specific medications or toxins.

There are 5
toxidrome is a syndrome ... set of symptoms) caused ... by specific medications ... barbituates, “Z-drugs ... #Table #Anticholinergics
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
/ IBD Renal Loses ... - Medications ... Familial renal Mg wasting ... Low #Magnesium #Table ... Classification #Causes
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
• They must be able ... production to cause ... $), ECHO ($$), Nuclear ... SPECT ($$$), PET CT ... #cardiology #management
Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs
Benzodiazepines:
 - Bind to specific GABAA receptor subunits at central nervous system (CNS) neuronal synapses
Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs ... suprachiasmatic nuclei ... sedative-hypnotic drugs ... #medications #pharmacology ... #comparison #table