Question

Medical Assisting sixth Edition

Chapter 50 Diagostic Imaging

1) Why is it important to take an x-ray only within 10 days of the last menstrual period for women of childbearing age?

2)How might a patient undergoing invastive radiologic diagostioc procedure be at greater risk than a patient undergoing a noninvasive provedure?

3) Why is preprocedure care especially important for patients who are scheduled to undergo an MRI?

4)Why is it important for the patient to remain still during an X-ray exam?

5)How could a radiologist use electronic medicane to interpret and report on a CT scan produced in another country?

6)Why is it imprtant to ask a patient if she has had previous mammogram when helping the patient set up an appointment for a mammogram?

Answer 1

1. The women naturally ovulate in the mid period of a menstrual cycle(for instance if a women has 28 days cycle then she will probably ovulate on day 14 or with +/_ 2days).A women of child bearing age if fertilizes or conceives at this time and an X Ray if taken can cause mutation and cause fetal defects. Hence the test has to be done 10 days of last menstruation period to avoid this.

2. The invasive procedure in simple term refers to direct absorption of the radiologic dye or material until the blood stream and causing more serious damage ,than compared to the non invasive radiologic diagnostic procedure which passes the radiation via the skin and enters the blood stream slowly to cause any adverse effects

3. Magnetic resonance imaging is a procedure to diagnose many disease. The procedure differs accordingly

• Fasting 4hours( in case of abdominal examination)
• Drinking plenty of liquids
• Removing of any metals or iron pins,etc., as the MRI machine is magnetic

4. The patient are advised to stay still while taking a X Ray in order to get a clear image of the internal organ or thw desired part.