Article Figures & Data
Figures
- FIGURE 1.
Time since participants had read department policy.
- FIGURE 2.
Open responses for content of regulations.
- FIGURE 3.
Age of questioning.
- FIGURE 4.
Rationale for minimum age.
- FIGURE 5.
Rationale for maximum age.
- FIGURE 6.
Reported circumstances for using pregnancy tests. Pt = patient.
Tables
Question Verbal (n = 137) Written (n = 69) LMP 122 (89) 64 (93) Contraceptive use 76 (55) 28 (41) Menopause or hysterectomy 98 (72) 36 (52) Data in parentheses are percentages.
Ranking (highest risk → lowest risk) Relative risk Procedure 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 High 18F-FDG PET/CT 171* 32 11 6 7 6 3 20 Bone scanning with SPECT/CT of lumbar spine 37 131* 35 18 7 9 14 2 99mTc-sestamibi myocardial perfusion scan 18 49 102* 31 21 12 13 5 Medium Gated heart pool scan 2 9 34 85* 73 37 9 2 Bone scan 1 9 38 81 94* 26 4 1 Low Renal perfusion scan 5 7 23 21 30 105* 47 14 Ventilation and perfusion lung scan 10 12 4 6 12 37 93* 81 99mTc thyroid scan 14 9 7 5 4 19 68 127* ↵* Correct ranking for each procedure, which was also correctly identified by most participants.
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Pregnancy Screening Strategies for Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine: Survey Results from Australia and New Zealand
