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Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
6 mSv 2 years CHEST ... ) — Chest 7 mSv ... ) — Lung Cancer ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... Nuclear #Comparison #Table
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
in interstitial lung ... low attenuation (table ... On a Chest X-Ray ... seen and in many cases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Whistling Cough- A 4-year-old boy presented to the otorhinolaryngology outpatient clinic with a 2-day history of
and lower left lung ... lodged in the lung ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #chest ... #xray #peds #respiratory
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
since in many cases ... we describe a chest ... X-ray, we are trying ... #Differential #Table ... Pulmonary #Diagnosis #Radiology
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
is a fibrotic lung ... disease caused ... Calcification (seen in CT ... Silicosis #clinical #radiology ... #CXR #Chest #XRay
How much radiation is used in paediatric radiology examinations compared to other exposures?

Estimated dose - Days
0.04 mSv 4 days Chest ... X-ray 0.01 mSv ... mSv 8 months Chest ... Nuclear #Comparison #Table ... Testing #Study #Peds
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Cataract Plan for Meds ... one post op Cardiology ... change CV risk Chest ... X-ray: • Not ... unless prior heart/lung
Disseminated Actinomycosis- ...Computed tomography of the chest and abdomen revealed multiple pulmonary nodules (Panel A) associated
tomography of the chest ... Biopsy of the lung ... bacterial infection caused ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #CT #