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Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
Examinations ABDOMINAL ... 2 years CHEST ... Tomography (CT) — Chest ... 6 months - Chest ... #PatientInfo #Radiology
How much radiation is used in paediatric radiology examinations compared to other exposures?

Estimated dose - Days
4 days Chest ... X-ray 0.01 mSv 1 ... 8 months Chest ... Abdominal CT ... #Doses #Imaging
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 ... 200 CXRs Chest ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... #Doses #Imaging ... Testing #Study #Peds
Tetralogy of Falot on Chest X-Ray
Tetralogy of Falot comprises four defects -
1. Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
2.
Tetralogy of Falot on Chest ... develops after birth Chest ... Tetralogy #Falot #Chest ... #XRay #CXR #clinical ... #radiology #peds
Aortic Dissection Sagittal View POCUS

Take a look at the appearance of a pericardial effusion, as well
With chest and belly ... pain, you might imagine ... The radiology resident ... Elias Jaffa MD MS ... @jaffa_md #Clinical
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... Symptoms: cough, abdominal ... distension, wheeze, abdominal ... Chest x-ray: signs ... magnetic resonance imaging
Aortic dissection on Cardiac CTA

This is a amazing gated CTA showing a real time cine clip
cardiac CTA done for chest ... patients will have chest ... mediastinum on chest ... CT scan of the chest ... CardiacCTA #CCTA #clinical
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Change in clinical ... risk (>5%): - Aortic ... change CV risk Chest ... X-ray: • Not ... undergoing AAA or upper abdominal
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
pain as non-radiating ... This patient’s clinical ... wall, a chest x-ray ... consider intra-abdominal ... #Radiology #CTChest