X-ray of pregnant patients

["Linda Miller" <lamiller@etmc.org>]

Are there any pamplets available with information on radiation exposure

to a fetus or would anyone be willing to share with me the information

that you give to a pregnant patient when the physician ordering the

x-ray exam says "Yes, I know that she is pregnant but need this exam

<lumbar spine?> anyway"?  We are in the age of informed consent and I

would like to be able to hand the patient some information and have the

patient sign that she read it and consents to the exam.



Thank you



Linda Miller, MS

RSO - East Texas Medical Center

Tyler, Texas

fax 903/535-6330

lamiller@etmc.org

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