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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
2-view chest 0.02 ... and lateral abdomen ... 200 CXRs Chest ... CT 3 mSv 150 CXRs ... #Background #Radiation
How much radiation is used in paediatric radiology examinations compared to other exposures?

Estimated dose - Days
Estimated dose - ... 0.04 mSv 4 days Chest ... mSv 8 months Chest ... #Doses #Imaging ... #ChestXRay #CXR
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
- Extremity (hand ... 6 mSv 2 years CHEST ... ) — Chest 7 mSv ... ) — Lung Cancer ... mSv 6 months - Chest
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
CT demonstrates ... lesions than the chest ... The chest film shows ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
lunginfarction and ... we see an old chest ... density on the chest ... On the CT we can ... #CXR #CTChest #
Hemothorax after Thoracentesis - Unfortunately, hemothorax developed shortly after the procedure (Panel B). Computed tomography and
angiography of the chest ... successfully with chest-tube ... #Hemothorax #CXR ... #CT #Angiogram ... Thoracentesis #NEJM
Salmonella enterica Aortitis - chest radiograph showed enlargement of the aortic arch, with deviation of the
enterica Aortitis - chest ... tomography of the chest ... arch (Panels B and ... #CXR #CT #Salmonella ... Enterica #Aortitis #NEJM
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
is a fibrotic lung ... kaolin, mica, and ... Calcification (seen in CT ... Silicosis #clinical #radiology ... #CXR #Chest #XRay
Left-Middle-Lobe Pneumonia - Radiography of the chest revealed a cardiac apex, aortic arch, and gastric bubble
Radiography of the chest ... infiltrate in the left lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Kartagener ... SitusInversus #NEJM
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
Oleothorax - A chest ... empyema, hemothorax, and ... Clinical #PCC #Radiology ... #CXR #Oleothorax ... #NEJM