Home Chronic Extremity Joint Pain-Suspected Inflammatory Arthritis, Crystalline Arthritis, or Erosive Osteoarthritis
Scenario Scenario ID Procedure Adult RRL Peds RRL Appropriateness Category
Wrist pain, chronic, pseudogout suspected, radiography normal, next imaging study 3196200
US wrist
0 mSv
O
0 mSv [ped]
O
Usually appropriate
CT wrist without IV contrast
<0.1 mSv

Usually appropriate
Image-guided aspiration wrist

Varies

Varies
May be appropriate
MRI wrist without and with IV contrast
0 mSv
O
0 mSv [ped]
O
Usually not appropriate
MRI wrist without IV contrast
0 mSv
O
0 mSv [ped]
O
Usually not appropriate
CT wrist with IV contrast
<0.1 mSv

Usually not appropriate
CT wrist without and with IV contrast
<0.1 mSv

Usually not appropriate
Bone scan whole body
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