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Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
Radiation Dose to ... Examinations ABDOMINAL ... Barium Enema (Lower ... #ChestXRay #CXR ... #Table #Risks #
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
KUB - Good far ... useful when limited radiation ... causes of flank or abdominal ... retroperitoneal disease CT-KUB ... dose than a CT-based
How much radiation is used in paediatric radiology examinations compared to other exposures?

Estimated dose - Days
Estimated dose - ... days Chest X-ray ... mSv 12 months Abdominal ... #ChestXRay #CXR ... #Table #Risks #
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
• Epigastric abdominal ... characteristically radiating ... Imaging: US (biliary evaluation ... , gallstones), CT ... consider pain-dose
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Evaluation Major ... Chest X-ray: ... undergoing AAA or upper abdominal ... medical and surgical management ... #diagnosis
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
• 18F-FDG PET/CT ... Evaluation? ... • Radiation therapy ... (RT): Radiation ... doses of 40 Gy