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Home Vomiting in Infants
Variants
Scenario Scenario ID Procedure Adult RRL Peds RRL Appropriateness Category
Vomiting, no meconium passage, initial imaging 3191959
Radiography abdomen
0.1-1mSv
☢☢ 		0.03-0.3 mSv [ped]
☢☢ 		Usually appropriate
US abdomen (UGI tract)
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually not appropriate
Fluoroscopy contrast enema
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate
Fluoroscopy upper GI series
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		0.3-3 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate
Nuclear medicine gastroesophageal reflux scan

0.3-3 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate