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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
200 CXRs Chest ... CT 3 mSv 150 CXRs ... PatientInfo #Radiology #Background ... #Imaging #ChestXRay ... Comparison #Table #Risks
How much radiation is used in paediatric radiology examinations compared to other exposures?

Estimated dose - Days
CT 3 mSv 12 months ... Abdominal CT ... #Imaging #ChestXRay ... #CXR #CT #Nuclear ... Comparison #Table #Risks
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
Examinations ABDOMINAL ... ) — Lung Cancer ... PatientInfo #Radiology #Background ... #CXR #CT #Nuclear ... Comparison #Table #Risks
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
x-ray (CXR), try ... not seen on a CXR ... consider intra-abdominal ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Lung #Pulmonary
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
MUCORMYCOSIS • Risk ... Pulmonary 3) Abdominal ... tissue • High-dose ... fumigatus, A. flavus ... change in the lungs