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ACR–SPR PRACTICE PARAMETER FOR IMAGING PREGNANT OR POTENTIALLY PREGNANT PATIENTS WITH IONIZING RADIATION
Revised 2023 (Resolution 31)
PREAMBLE
I. INTRODUCTION
II. RADIATION RISKS TO THE CONCEPTUS
III. SCREENING FOR PREGNANCY
III. SCREENING FOR PREGNANCY
A. Determining pregnancy status
III. SCREENING FOR PREGNANCY
B. Patient history
III. SCREENING FOR PREGNANCY
C. Pregnancy tests
III. SCREENING FOR PREGNANCY
D. Patients who are minors
III. SCREENING FOR PREGNANCY
E. Deciding to proceed with the examination
IV. IMAGING THE PREGNANT PATIENT
A. Patient Consent
IV. IMAGING THE PREGNANT PATIENT
B. Preplanning
V. COUNSELING THE PATIENT NOT KNOWN TO BE PREGNANT AT THE TIME OF EXPOSURE
V. COUNSELING THE PATIENT NOT KNOWN TO BE PREGNANT AT THE TIME OF EXPOSURE
A. Risk Assessment
V. COUNSELING THE PATIENT NOT KNOWN TO BE PREGNANT AT THE TIME OF EXPOSURE
B. Radiation exposure prior to conception
V. COUNSELING THE PATIENT NOT KNOWN TO BE PREGNANT AT THE TIME OF EXPOSURE
C. Radiation exposure to at less than 2 weeks postconception
V. COUNSELING THE PATIENT NOT KNOWN TO BE PREGNANT AT THE TIME OF EXPOSURE
D. Radiation exposure between 3 weeks and 15 weeks postconception
V. COUNSELING THE PATIENT NOT KNOWN TO BE PREGNANT AT THE TIME OF EXPOSURE
E. Radiation exposure at more than 15 weeks postconception
VI. DOCUMENTATION
VII. EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS
VIII. QUALITY CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT, SAFETY, INFECTION CONTROL, AND PATIENT EDUCATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
REFERENCES
APPENDIX A
APPENDIX B
APPENDIX C
APPENDIX D
APPENDIX E