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Figure 2. - Effective radiation doses associated with common cardiovascular imaging tests. The average effective radiation
to the average background ... #PatientInfo #Cardiology ... #Radiology #Cardiac ... #CT #Angiography ... #Risks
How much radiation is used in paediatric radiology examinations compared to other exposures?

Estimated dose - Days
in paediatric radiology ... #Radiology #Background ... #Imaging #ChestXRay ... #Table #Risks # ... Testing #Study #
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
#Radiology #Background ... #Imaging #ChestXRay ... #CT #Nuclear #Comparison ... #Table #Risks # ... Testing #Study #
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
mSv 7 weeks #PatientInfo ... #Radiology #Background ... #CT #Nuclear #Comparison ... #Table #Risks # ... Testing #Study
GRACE-1 Guidelines for Adult Patients with Recurrent Low-Risk Chest Pain

1) Pain > 3 hours - A
GRACE-1 Guidelines ... ) CAD on prior angiography ... recommended #ChestPain #LowRisk ... #GRACE #Guidelines ... #cardiology #management
Purpose: We sought to develop a patient decision aid to promote shared decision-making for patients who
written at an 8th-grade ... #Management #PatientInfo ... #Cardiology #EM ... #Syncope #LowRisk ... PatientDecisionAid #SharedDecisionMaking
If the patient has a HEART Score of 0-3 and a negative initial troponin, have a
for provocative testing ... #Management #PatientInfo ... #Cardiology #ChestPain ... #LowRisk #Percent3 ... #DecisionAid #SharedDecisionMaking