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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
14th CXRs 2-view chest ... 200 CXRs Chest ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... Doses #Imaging #ChestXRay ... Comparison #Table #Risks
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
2 years CHEST ... 6 months - Chest ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... Doses #Imaging #ChestXRay ... Comparison #Table #Risks
How much radiation is used in paediatric radiology examinations compared to other exposures?

Estimated dose - Days
in paediatric radiology ... 4 days Chest ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... Doses #Imaging #ChestXRay ... Comparison #Table #Risks
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
specific questions to ask ... murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... days before Pulmonary ... one post op Cardiology ... Chest X-ray:
On the left a smoker with RB-ILD with subtle HRCT-findings.
The dominant pattern is ground glass opacification.
Additional
thickening in the basal parts ... there is a broad differential ... probably would be pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #RBILD
The chart below (from the FDA) shows radiation exposure with a variety of procedures and how
cells taking in 8 mSV ... s use the same analogy ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... Doses #Imaging #ChestXRay ... Comparison #Table #Risks