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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 ... 200 CXRs Chest ... CT 3 mSv 150 CXRs ... #Background #Radiation ... Testing #Study #Peds
How much radiation is used in paediatric radiology examinations compared to other exposures?

Estimated dose - Days
0.04 mSv 4 days Chest ... X-ray 0.01 mSv ... mSv 8 months Chest ... Imaging #ChestXRay #CXR ... Testing #Study #Peds
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
6 mSv 2 years CHEST ... ) — Chest 7 mSv ... ) — Lung Cancer ... mSv 6 months - Chest ... #Background #Radiation
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
pneumonia On the chest ... x-ray there is ... an ill-defined area ... weight loss or long ... #CXR #AirBronchogram
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
the infarcted area ... we see an old chest ... density on the chest ... On the CT we can ... #CXR #CTChest #
Whistling Cough- A 4-year-old boy presented to the otorhinolaryngology outpatient clinic with a 2-day history of
see source for video ... Radiography of the chest ... A repeat chest radiograph ... NEJM #clinical #radiology ... #chest #xray #peds
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
is a fibrotic lung ... Calcification (seen in CT ... Silicosis #clinical #radiology ... #CXR #Chest #XRay
Lung infarction
The radiographic features of acute pulmonary thromboembolism are insensitive and nonspecific.
The most common radiographic findings
Lung infarction ... pulmonary emboli the chest ... x-ray is normal ... the infarcted area ... #CXR #PulmonaryEmbolism
Disseminated Actinomycosis- ...Computed tomography of the chest and abdomen revealed multiple pulmonary nodules (Panel A) associated
tomography of the chest ... Biopsy of the lung ... with the use of video-assisted ... of the circled area ... #CT #disseminated
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
x-ray (CXR), try ... wall, a chest x-ray ... not seen on a CXR ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Lung #Pulmonary