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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 ... and lateral abdomen ... Chest CT 3 mSv ... Nuclear #Comparison #Table ... #Risks #Testing
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
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
necrosis (7-14 days later ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... Lung Abscess Differential
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
without contrast material ... without contrast material ... Imaging #ChestXRay #CXR ... Nuclear #Comparison #Table ... #Risks #Testing
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
to demonstrate bilateral ... antibody testing ... titer, ACE level, CXR ... years with neck, chest ... ANA and RF (if clinical
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis. 
On the left multiple diseases showing septal thickening:
1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis: irregular
Differential diagnosis ... pulmonary edema: bilateral ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Comparison #Table
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 ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Evaluation Major Pre-Op ... Change in clinical ... change CV risk Chest ... surgery Stress Testing ... preoperative stress testing
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
renal failure Clinical ... e.g. incidental CXR ... • Natural history ... Self-limiting, chronic but stable ... dyspnea, cough, chest
Longstanding Sarcoidosis
Here a typical chest film in a patient with long standing Sarcoidosis (stage IV).
There is
Here a typical chest ... The differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #