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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 ... Pediatrics 2008 #PatientInfo ... #Radiology #Background ... #Imaging #ChestXRay
On the left we see a chest film with a typical finger-in-glove shadow.
The HRCT shows focal
left we see a chest ... finger-in-glove ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... FingerInGlove #Sign
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. 

Source:  Does This
Source: Does This ... Patient With Chest ... #Cardiology #ACS ... AcuteCoronarySyndrome #Symptoms #Signs ... #Atypical #ChestPain
How much radiation is used in paediatric radiology examinations compared to other exposures?

Estimated dose - Days
0.04 mSv 4 days Chest ... mSv 8 months Chest ... 4-6 years #PatientInfo ... #Imaging #ChestXRay ... #CXR #CT #Nuclear
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. Source: Fanaroff AC, Rymer
Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic ... Does This Patient ... With Chest Pain ... #EBM #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #ACS
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
6 mSv 2 years CHEST ... ) — Chest 7 mSv ... mSv 6 months - Chest ... #Imaging #ChestXRay ... #CXR #CT #Nuclear
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
lesions than the chest ... can suggest the diagnosis ... The chest film shows ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Tree-in-Bud Sign on Chest CT
 • Multiple centrilobular nodules arranged in a linear branching pattern.
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Tree-in-Bud Sign ... on Chest CT • ... • DDx: NTM, atypical ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern - Chest ... Radiology • Miliary ... Miliary #Pattern #Chest ... #CXR #clinical ... #CT
Venn Diagram - Does this patient have pneumonia?
Diagnosis is generally based on three lines of evidence:
evidence of a chest ... infiltrate (e.g., CXR ... , CT, ultrasound ... production, pleuritic chest ... pain) and signs