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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 ... #PatientInfo #Radiology
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 ... #Study #Peds #Pediatrics
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 ... Imaging #ChestXRay #CXR
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
we describe a chest ... X-ray, we are trying ... to figger out what ... visible wall #CXR ... Pulmonary #Diagnosis #Radiology
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
Vena azygos lobe
A common normal variant is the azygos lobe.
The azygos lobe is created when a
created when a laterally ... On a chest film ... it is seen as a fine ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Azygous #
Lungcancer
10% of lungcancers cavitate, most commonly squamous cell carcinoma.
Small cell lungcancer does not cavitate.
Bronchoalveolar carcinoma, or
cell lungcancer does ... Here a chest x-ray ... large cavitating lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #LungCancer
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
gallop rhythm), and laterally ... : weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... Chest x-ray: signs ... → no signs of CXR
There is a right lower lobe atelectasis.
Notice the abnormal right border of the heart.
The right interlobar
surrounded by aerated lung ... On a follow-up chest ... the right little finger ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Squamous-Cell Carcinoma of the Lung- ...Physical examination revealed decreased air entry in the base of the
A chest radiograph ... tomography of the chest ... administration of contrast material ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #CT #