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Scenario Scenario ID Procedure Adult RRL Peds RRL Appropriateness Category
Minor blunt trauma, ground-level fall, local chest tenderness, initial imaging 3200101
Radiography chest
<0.1 mSv
☢ 		<0.03 mSv [ped]
☢ 		Usually appropriate
Radiography rib views
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		<0.03 mSv [ped]
☢ 		Usually appropriate
CT chest with IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually appropriate
CT chest without IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		May be appropriate
(Disagreement)
US chest
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually not appropriate
MRI chest with IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually not appropriate
MRI chest without and with IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually not appropriate
MRI chest without IV contrast
0 mSv
O 		0 mSv [ped]
O 		Usually not appropriate
Bone scan chest
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢
Usually not appropriate
Bone scan ribs
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢
Usually not appropriate
CT chest without and with IV contrast
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		3-10 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate
V/Q scan lung
1-10 mSv
☢☢☢ 		0.3-3 mSv [ped]
☢☢☢ 		Usually not appropriate
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