A member asked:

How dangerous is it for the embryo when you know that my wife had chest x-ray in her 4th week of pregnancy without shield?

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Dr. Michael Gabor answered

Specializes in Diagnostic Radiology

It will: have no effect. Assuming the chest xray was properly collimated, there was no direct radiation to the pelvis, and any internal radiation scatter would be negligible.

Answered 2/16/2015

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