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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
Estimated Medical Radiation ... and lateral abdomen ... Radiology #Background #Radiation ... #Doses #Imaging ... #Table #Risks #Testing
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
Chest Pain Diagnosis ... and Management ... , Radiation to arm ... Limb ischemia Pulmonary ... #Algorithm #differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
symptomatology Differential ... Disease-specific testing ... , C3, C4, anti-CCP ... • CXR (diffuse ... high resolution chest
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
Radiation Dose to ... without contrast material ... Radiology #Background #Radiation ... #ChestXRay #CXR ... #Table #Risks #Testing
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... Evaluation: Imaging ... (CXR +/- High res ... CT chest scan), ... diagnosis #evaluation #differential
How much radiation is used in paediatric radiology examinations compared to other exposures?

Estimated dose - Days
How much radiation ... Natural background ... #Doses #Imaging ... #ChestXRay #CXR ... #Table #Risks #Testing
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
necrosis (7-14 days later ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... Physical stigmata of cor ... high-resolution chest ... Laboratory: • ANA, RF, CCP ... #differential #
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Diagnosis and Management ... 100,000/μl) Imaging ... (LR + 2.8) Testing ... Yield of blood CX ... #treatment #Pulmonary