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Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
) — Lung Cancer ... 0.005 mSv 1 day HEART ... mSv 4 years - Cardiac ... #Nuclear #Comparison ... #Table #Risks #Testing
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 ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... Radiation #Doses #Imaging ... #Nuclear #Comparison ... #Table #Risks #Testing
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
- Table of Cardiac ... Views and Windows ... Echocardiogram #Heart ... Orientations #Atlas #Map #Comparison ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
X-ray limitations
It’s important to know the limitations of X-rays so we can correctly interpret them in
interpret them in clinical ... better imaging—from ... Care UltraSound (POCUS ... ) to CT or MRI. ... #Limitations #Comparison
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
CT demonstrates ... in the proper clinical ... setting by demonstrating ... On the CT cavitation ... #Clinical #Radiology
Cardiac Event Monitors
 • Holter Monitor - Records every heart beat for 24-48 hours
 • Loop/Event
Cardiac Event Monitors ... patient places on chest ... Loop recorder - Long ... #cardiology #telemetry ... #devices #comparison
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
Cardiac incisura ... the lung will lie ... wall, since the heart ... x-rays and should ... #Clinical #Radiology
HEART Score – A Tool For the ED The HEART score is an excellent tool that
used in the ED setting ... the ED to help focus ... free of charge), making ... www.mdcalc.com/heart-score-major-cardiac-events ... Diagnosis #Management #Cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... : weight gain, lung ... Chest x-ray: signs ... Consider cardiac ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
available diagnostic testing ... diameter are called lung ... associated with lung ... malignancy, clinical ... CT imaging, positron