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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
Anteroposterior and lateral ... Head CT 4 mSv ... CT 3 mSv 150 CXRs ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... #CT #Nuclear #Comparison
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... $), ECHO ($$), Nuclear ... SPECT ($$$), PET CT ... #Stress #Testing ... #cardiology #management
Figure 2. - Effective radiation doses associated with common cardiovascular imaging tests. The average effective radiation
exposure from natural ... #PatientInfo #Cardiology ... #Radiology #Cardiac ... #Angiography #Nuclear ... #Stress #Comparison
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
mSv 4 years - Cardiac ... 0.001 mSv 3 hours NUCLEAR ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... Imaging #ChestXRay #CXR ... #CT #Nuclear #Comparison
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
Trial - Management Algorithm ... Stable Angina Stress ... Coronary CTA (making clear ... LMCA lesion -> Cardiac ... #Cardiology #EBM
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cardiac Causes ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Differential #
How much radiation is used in paediatric radiology examinations compared to other exposures?

Estimated dose - Days
in paediatric radiology ... background radiation Natural ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... Imaging #ChestXRay #CXR ... #CT #Nuclear #Comparison
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
gallop rhythm), and laterally ... alveolar edema, bilateral ... → no signs of CXR ... Consider cardiac ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
Angiography or Cardiac ... based on TTE, TEE, CT ... PFO, ASD, h/o of cardiac ... Embolism #diagnosis #differential ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Pulmonary Edema - Differential ... lack of acute cardiac ... ischemic changes CXR ... Acute respiratory distress ... #diagnosis #cardiology