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Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... $), ECHO ($$), Nuclear ... SPECT ($$$), PET CT ... COREIMpodcast #Cardiac #Stress ... #Testing #cardiology
Small Bowel Obstruction Testing Accuracy
#Diagnosis #SBO #Testing #Accuracy #Sensitivity #Specificity #KUB #AbdominalXRay #CT #POCUS #LikelihoodRatio #Comparison
Bowel Obstruction Testing ... Accuracy #Diagnosis ... #SBO #Testing # ... AbdominalXRay #CT ... LikelihoodRatio #Comparison
Syncope Diagnostic Testing and Evaluation: Cost Effectiveness
Frequency obtained - Abnormal findings - Helped determine etiology of
Syncope Diagnostic Testing ... enzymes, Head CT ... Brain MRI, Cardiac stress ... diagnosis #workup #testing ... Effectiveness #table #comparison
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
50 CXRs Head CT ... 200 CXRs Chest CT ... CXRs Abdomen CT ... #Nuclear #Comparison ... #Table #Risks #Testing
Medical Imaging - Radiation Dose
#PatientInfo #Radiology #Procedures #Imaging #Radiation #Doses #ChestXRay #CT #Nuclear #Stress #Comparison #Table
Doses #ChestXRay #CT ... #Nuclear #Stress ... #Comparison #Table
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
Computed Tomography (CT ... Computed Tomography (CT ... 0.001 mSv 3 hours NUCLEAR ... #Nuclear #Comparison ... #Table #Risks #Testing
Sensitivity and Specificity of KUB compared to CT for Bowel Obstruction, Urolithiasis, Appendicitis, Pyelonephritis, Pancreatitis, Diverticulitis
Comparison
KUB compared to CT ... Diverticulitis Comparison ... and Abdominal CT ... Sensitivity #Specificty #Accuracy ... #Testing #Diagnosis
Figure 2. - Effective radiation doses associated with common cardiovascular imaging tests. The average effective radiation
CT indicates computed ... Radiation #Doses #CT ... #Angiography #Nuclear ... #Stress #Comparison
How much radiation is used in paediatric radiology examinations compared to other exposures?

Estimated dose - Days
mSv 1 day Head CT ... months Chest CT ... mSv 4-11 years CT ... #Nuclear #Comparison ... #Table #Risks #Testing
Nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) may be performed by either single-photon emission CT (SPECT) or positron
Nuclear myocardial ... single-photon emission CT ... , MPI stress testing ... testing is an alternative ... candidates for testing