Home Stress (Fatigue/Insufficiency) Fracture, Including Sacrum, Excluding Other Vertebrae
Scenario Scenario ID Procedure Adult RRL Peds RRL Appropriateness Category
Stress fracture suspected, radius and ulna, immediate need-to-know, radiography indeterminate, next imaging study 3197305
MRI forearm without IV contrast
0 mSv
O
0 mSv [ped]
O
Usually appropriate
CT forearm without IV contrast
0.1-1mSv
☢☢

May be appropriate
Bone scan whole body with SPECT or SPECT/CT radius and ulna
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢
3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢
May be appropriate
US forearm
0 mSv
O
0 mSv [ped]
O
Usually not appropriate
Radiography radius and ulna repeat in 10-14 days
<0.1 mSv

Usually not appropriate
MRI forearm without and with IV contrast
0 mSv
O
0 mSv [ped]
O
Usually not appropriate
CT forearm with IV contrast
0.1-1mSv
☢☢

Usually not appropriate
CT forearm without and with IV contrast
0.1-1mSv
☢☢

Usually not appropriate