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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 ... Head CT 4 mSv ... 200 CXRs Chest ... CT 3 mSv 150 CXRs ... PatientInfo #Radiology #Background
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 ... PatientInfo #Radiology #Background ... Imaging #ChestXRay #CXR
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern - Chest ... diffuse inhalational injury ... Miliary #Pattern #Chest ... diagnosis #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT
How much radiation is used in paediatric radiology examinations compared to other exposures?

Estimated dose - Days
dose - Days of background ... radiation Natural background ... 0.04 mSv 4 days Chest ... mSv 8 months Chest ... Imaging #ChestXRay #CXR
Hemothorax after Thoracentesis - Unfortunately, hemothorax developed shortly after the procedure (Panel B). Computed tomography and
angiography of the chest ... iatrogenic arterial injury ... Radiology #Hemothorax #CXR ... #CT #Angiogram ... Thoracentesis #NEJM
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
bronchial wall injury ... Loss of weight • Chest ... Physical stigmata of cor ... high-resolution chest ... CT) • Broncho-arterial
Salmonella enterica Aortitis - chest radiograph showed enlargement of the aortic arch, with deviation of the
enterica Aortitis - chest ... tomography of the chest ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CT #Salmonella ... Enterica #Aortitis #NEJM
Splenosis Mimicking Cancer - radiograph of the chest showed nodularity along the left hemidiaphragm (Panel A,
radiograph of the chest ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CT #Splenosis ... #Heterotopic #NEJM
Tracheobronchomegaly - A preoperative chest radiograph was reassessed, and postoperative computed tomography confirmed tracheobronchomegaly (Panel A,
A preoperative chest ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CT #Tracheobronchomegaly ... #NEJM
Large Hiatal Hernia - A chest radiograph showed a large air–liquid shadow in the inferior retrocardiac
Hiatal Hernia - A chest ... stomach into the chest ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CT #HiatalHernia ... #NEJM