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Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
- Extremity (hand ... ) — Lung Cancer ... mSv 4 years - Cardiac ... #Background #Radiation ... #Nuclear #Comparison
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
14th CXRs 2-view chest ... Anteroposterior and ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... #Background #Radiation ... #Nuclear #Comparison
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... - Table of Cardiac ... Views and Windows ... Orientations #Atlas #Map #Comparison ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Figure 2. - Effective radiation doses associated with common cardiovascular imaging tests. The average effective radiation
to the average background ... CT indicates computed ... #Radiology #Cardiac ... Radiation #Doses #CT ... Nuclear #Stress #Comparison
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 ... Monitors #heart #cardiology ... telemetry #devices #comparison
Cardiac Event Monitoring Devices - Compared
Ambulatory ECG (Hotter):
 • Advantages: Continuous recording, records asx events, all
Cardiac Event Monitoring ... Correlation of rhythm and ... Advantages: Continuous long ... Monitoring #Devices #Comparison ... #cardiology #management
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
a parasternal long ... He had no chest ... pain, a normal chest ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #POCUS #CardiacUS
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
(UPC) ratio • Cardiac ... Other tests: • CT ... sparing of the lung ... CT ... differential #diagnosis #management
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
: weight gain, lung ... Chest x-ray: signs ... Consider cardiac ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #pharmacology
Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Tolerance Testing - OnePager Summary
Fluid resuscitation can be beneficial when required or
Responsiveness and ... pf vasopressors and ... blood flow in the chest ... #criticalcare #comparison ... #challenges #management