RE: question concerning stress tests

["Stabin, Michael" <michael.g.stabin@vanderbilt.edu>]

My intent was not in the direction of "informed consent" on a

patient-by-patient basis. We do this in research trials, but not in the

clinic. My interest was in subjects who have had multiple CTs, fairly

high dose nuclear medicine studies, and perhaps other radiological exams

in which accumulated doses are heading towards the 100's of mSv range

(1000's in fluoro), and it just seemed to me that docs would want to

know this. I understand fully that even here benefits outweigh risks, I

just think we as a society are a bit laissez-faire about this, while

being panicked about nSv doses in other applications.





Mike



Michael G. Stabin, PhD, CHP

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