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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, ribs, immediate need-to-know, radiography indeterminate, next imaging study 3197341
MRI chest without IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually appropriate
Bone scan whole body with SPECT or SPECT/CT ribs
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		May be appropriate
CT chest without IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		May be appropriate
US chest
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually not appropriate
Radiography ribs repeat in 10-14 days
0.1-1mSv
☢☢
Usually not appropriate
MRI chest without and with IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually not appropriate
CT chest with IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate
CT chest without and with IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate