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Home Right Upper Quadrant Pain
Variants
Scenario Scenario ID Procedure Adult RRL Peds RRL Appropriateness Category
RUQ pain, acalculous cholecystitis suspected, US equivocal, next imaging study 3195883
Nuclear medicine scan gallbladder
0.1-1mSv
☢☢
Usually appropriate
Image-guided cholecystostomy

Varies
Varies 		May be appropriate
MRI abdomen without and with IV contrast with MRCP
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		May be appropriate
MRI abdomen without IV contrast with MRCP
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		May be appropriate
CT abdomen with IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		May be appropriate
CT abdomen without IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		May be appropriate
CT abdomen without and with IV contrast
10-30 mSv
☢☢☢☢ 		10-30 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate