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Home Stress (Fatigue/Insufficiency) Fracture, Including Sacrum, Excluding Other Vertebrae
Variants
Scenario Scenario ID Procedure Adult RRL Peds RRL Appropriateness Category
Stress fracture suspected, pelvis, initial imaging 3197233
Radiography pelvis
0.1-1mSv
☢☢ 		0.03-0.3 mSv [ped]
☢☢ 		Usually appropriate
Bone scan whole body with SPECT or SPECT/CT pelvis
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		May be appropriate
US pelvis
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually not appropriate
MRI pelvis without and with IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually not appropriate
MRI pelvis without IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually not appropriate
CT pelvis with IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate
CT pelvis without IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate
CT pelvis without and with IV contrast
10-30 mSv
☢☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate