Children's Hospital reduces CT scans for belly pain

The slight risk of cancer from exposure to radiation during high-tech imaging procedures has prompted Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota to limit the scans for children who show up with abdominal pains.

Testing a new decisionmaking system, Children’s reduced the rate of CT scans by 25 percent from 2011 to the start of 2013 in its Minneapolis and St. Paul emergency rooms for children with abdominal pains — without an increase in misdiagnosis or complications, according to data the hospital system released last week.

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