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Home Chronic Extremity Joint Pain-Suspected Inflammatory Arthritis, Crystalline Arthritis, or Erosive Osteoarthritis
Variants
Scenario Scenario ID Procedure Adult RRL Peds RRL Appropriateness Category
Elbow pain, chronic, seropositive inflammatory arthritis suspected, radiography normal, next imaging study 3196158
US elbow
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually appropriate
MRI elbow without and with IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually appropriate
MRI elbow without IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually appropriate
Image-guided aspiration elbow

Varies
Varies 		Usually not appropriate
CT elbow with IV contrast
0.1-1mSv
☢☢
Usually not appropriate
CT elbow without and with IV contrast
0.1-1mSv
☢☢
Usually not appropriate
CT elbow without IV contrast
0.1-1mSv
☢☢
Usually not appropriate
Bone scan whole body
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate
Bone scan whole body with SPECT or SPECT/CT elbow
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate
FDG-PET/CT whole body
10-30 mSv
☢☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate