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Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
Tomography (CT) — Lung ... 3 hours NUCLEAR ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... ChestXRay #CXR #CT #Nuclear ... #Comparison #Table
Lumbar Spine X-Ray Anatomy and Interpretation Checklist
 - Pedicles
 - Vertebral heights and end plates
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Lumbar Spine X-Ray ... joints - Ribs - Lung ... Spine #LSpine #XRay ... interpretation #radiology ... labeled #anatomy #msk
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
Radiation Doses for 5 Year-Old ... view chest 0.02 mSv ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... ChestXRay #CXR #CT #Nuclear ... #Comparison #Table
POCUS appearance of Pleural thickening at right base. (patient was referred as possible pleural effusion, referral
effusion, referral x-ray ... POCUS #Clinical #Comparison ... #Lung #Ultrasound
General schema for respiratory support in patients with COVID-19
Low flow nasal cannula
 • Typically set at
filter • N95 mask ... useful to allow for lung-protective ... use conventional lung-protective ... ventilation is unclear ... ECMO center or team
X-ray limitations
It’s important to know the limitations of X-rays so we can correctly interpret them in
X-ray limitations ... Point Of Care UltraSound ... overview of X-ray ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Limitations #Comparison
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
in the lunate ("tea ... sit in lunate "tea ... Wrist #Carpal #Radiology ... #XRay #Diagnosis ... Orthopedics #Sports #MSK
How much radiation is used in paediatric radiology examinations compared to other exposures?

Estimated dose - Days
in paediatric radiology ... /year 1 day Airline ... days Chest X-ray ... ChestXRay #CXR #CT #Nuclear ... #Comparison #Table
Galeazzi Fracture 
Fracture of distal radial shaft with distal radial-ulnar joint disruption. Remember “MUGR” to recall
disruption on x-ray ... Splint: Posterior long ... Radial #Distal #Radiology ... #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Orthopedics #MSK
Whistling Cough- A 4-year-old boy presented to the otorhinolaryngology outpatient clinic with a 2-day history of
Whistling Cough- A 4-year-old ... and lower left lung ... lodged in the lung ... NEJM #clinical #radiology ... #chest #xray #peds