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Home Stress (Fatigue/Insufficiency) Fracture, Including Sacrum, Excluding Other Vertebrae

Variants

Documents

Scenario

Scenario ID

Procedure

Adult RRL

Peds RRL

Appropriateness Category

Stress fracture suspected, elbow, immediate need-to-know, radiography indeterminate, next imaging study

3197287

MRI elbow without IV contrast

0 mSv
O

0 mSv [ped]
O

Usually appropriate

CT elbow without IV contrast

0.1-1mSv
☢☢

May be appropriate

Bone scan whole body with SPECT or SPECT/CT elbow

1-10 mSv
☢☢☢

3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢

May be appropriate

US elbow

0 mSv
O

0 mSv [ped]
O

Usually not appropriate

Radiography elbow repeat in 10-14 days

<0.1 mSv
☢

Usually not appropriate

MRI elbow without and with IV contrast

0 mSv
O

0 mSv [ped]
O

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