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Cori BriggsEnglish 2089Professor SkutarNovember 3, 2015Essay 3: Abstract, Proposal, and Annotated Bibliography Proposal Abstract: There is a great debate between the worlds of healthcare and parenting regarding diagnostic radiology and whether or not it is safe for expecting mothers. The safety of diagnostic imaging in pregnant women is a real concern due to the adverse effects it could have on both mother and fetus. Women have a stringent decision to make when faced with the choice of identifying their health issues and potentially harming their unborn child. Diagnostic radiologic procedures such as x-rays, angiography, MRI, computed tomography, ventilation-perfusion lung scanning, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, etc.., all give great advantages to diagnosing ailments and determining severity. These procedures also carry great risk that could alter a fetus’ growth and development. Often it becomes an argument of mother’s life versus baby’s life and determining that is the pit of the debate and controversy. Physicians, radiologic technologists, and other healthcare professionals are responsible for counseling pregnant women and providing them with accurate information about the safety of various diagnostic imaging procedures. Physicians are also responsible for choosing the most appropriate imaging tool and procedure for specific medical conditions at various stages of pregnancy. Each stage of pregnancy presents potentially different risks for mother and baby, thus making the assessment to determine if the benefit of receiving the most accurate diagnosis will outweigh the associated risk of ic Proposal:The debate regarding pregnant women should receiving radiologic imaging and procedures waves on between the parenting and healthcare communities. Some believe that mothers should ultimately not receive any type of exposure from radiologic imaging as they believe that the risks are too great. I trust in physicians’ opinions and am confident that they would never suggest a treatment plan or explore and option that would not ultimately have more gain over loss. Healthcare professionals are fully trained and serving to help and heal. I believe a mother should keep the option to explore diagnostic radiologic imaging as long as all facets and risks are explained properly. A mother has every right to worry about her own health, as well as her child’s. Radiology does come with harmful risks, but the benefit can be so much greater. Conditions and ailments can be found and mapped almost painlessly, and treatment plans can be set into motion very quickly, potentially increasing quality of life. There are many rules and guidelines set up to assess and rate the risk of exposure and harm from radiation in pregnant women and for their fetuses. Healthcare professionals would not advise something that they could not justify having the best possible outcome for each patient. Rights are still rights and a woman carrying a child still has the right and responsibility to protect and care for her own self. Emergent situations are instances when the pregnant person may not be able to make a coherent health decision, thus the decision could fall into the family’s or healthcare provider’s hands. I believe that making a decision out of raw emotion could be very dangerous and a medical opinion always needs to be considered.Annotated Bibliography:Lee, Susanna I, Thrall, James H,Ohio Library and Information Network. Choosing the Correct Radiologic Test: Case-Based Teaching Files. New York: Springer, 2013. Web. 3 Nov. 2015.Cabot, Richard C., et al. "Case 39-2009." The New England journal of medicine 361.25 (2009): 2462-73. ProQuest. Web. 3 Nov. 2015Koehler, Christhardt; Oppelt, Peter; Favero, Giovanni; et al. How much platinum passes the placental barrier? Analysis of platinum applications in 21 patients with cervical cancer during pregnancy. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY . Volume: 213. Issue: 2. Article Number: 206.e1 Published: AUG 2015.Dowd, Steven B., and Katherine Ott. "The radiologic technologist's role in patient education." Radiologic Technology 69.5 (1998): 443+. Expanded Academic ASAP. Web. 3 Nov. 2015.Chou, Wen-Ru, et al. "A 31-year-old pregnant woman with progressive exertional dyspnea and differential cyanosis *." Chest Aug. 2004: 638+. Expanded Academic ASAP. Web. 3 Nov. 2015. ................
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