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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, radiography negative, next imaging study 3197237
MRI pelvis without IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually appropriate
Radiography pelvis repeat in 10-14 days
0.1-1mSv
☢☢ 		0.03-0.3 mSv [ped]
☢☢ 		May be appropriate
Bone scan whole body with SPECT or SPECT/CT pelvis
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		May be appropriate
CT pelvis without IV contrast
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
CT pelvis with 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