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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, femur, fracture completion risk, radiography indeterminate, next imaging study 3197295
MRI thigh without IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually appropriate
CT thigh without IV contrast
0.1-1mSv
☢☢
May be appropriate
Bone scan whole body with SPECT or SPECT/CT femur
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		May be appropriate
US thigh
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually not appropriate
Radiography femur repeat in 10-14 days
<0.1 mSv
☢ 		0.03-0.3 mSv [ped]
☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate
MRI thigh without and with IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually not appropriate
CT thigh with IV contrast
0.1-1mSv
☢☢
Usually not appropriate
CT thigh without and with IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢
Usually not appropriate