[Intl_DxMedPhys] Article in today's ACR Daily Email newsletter

[Dr M. Mahesh]

Bob: Good observation - we are reviewing both the article and the editorial that went w the article which call out on the AAPM position statement.

Will keep you posted if we decide to respond.

Mahesh
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On Sep 11, 2025, at 11:59 AM, Bob Kobistek via Intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list <intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list at lists.osu.edu> wrote:



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Check this out: Exposure to Computed Tomography Before Pregnancy and Risk for Pregnancy Loss and Congenital Anomalies: A Population-Based Cohort Study: Annals of Internal Medicine: Vol 0, No 0 Be prepared for the mainstream press to get hold
Check this out:  Exposure to Computed Tomography Before Pregnancy and Risk for Pregnancy Loss and Congenital Anomalies: A Population-Based Cohort Study: Annals of Internal Medicine: Vol 0, No 0<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/ANNALS-24-03479__;!!KGKeukY!2RFiwk-DhCEzP1hEYpNHsMYSNb-6qlx646jkJZ7UBqULioIM9Ol_odI2MlR7Mc0MTMfHfEHYejqKxkMqHbZzoLKNlDRBQo5Mj54Qeg$>

Be prepared for the mainstream press to get hold of this and sensationalize it.

My observations:

Is the increase in spontaneous abortion due to the CT scans or the reasons the patients got the CT scans to begin with? The authors acknowledge that the majority of the cohort had diabetes, hypertension, obesity or were smokers. (Smokers and pregnant???)

The results also make the statement, “The risk observed with head CT was not consistently lower than with CT of the abdomen, pelvis, or lower spine.”  How is that possible unless the increased rate of spontaneous abortion was due to some factor other than X-ray exposure?



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