Home Workup of Pleural Effusion or Pleural Disease
Scenario Scenario ID Procedure Adult RRL Peds RRL Appropriateness Category
Pleural effusion suspected, recent minor blunt trauma, initial imaging 3196698
Radiography chest
<0.1 mSv
<0.03 mSv [ped]
Usually appropriate
CT chest with IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢
3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢
Usually appropriate
US chest
0 mSv
O
0 mSv [ped]
O
May be appropriate
(Disagreement)
CT chest without IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢
3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢
May be appropriate
CTA chest with IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢
3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢
May be appropriate
(Disagreement)
Image-guided aspiration chest

Varies

Varies
Usually not appropriate
MRI chest without and with IV contrast
0 mSv
O
0 mSv [ped]
O
Usually not appropriate
MRI chest without IV contrast
0 mSv
O
0 mSv [ped]
O
Usually not appropriate
CT chest without and with IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢
3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢
Usually not appropriate