National Guideline Clearinghouse | ACR Appropriateness Criteria® acute respiratory illness in immunocompetent patients.

Guideline Title

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® acute respiratory illness in immunocompetent patients.


Bibliographic Source(s)
Kirsch J, Ramirez J, Mohammed TL, Amorosa JK, Brown K, Dyer DS, Ginsburg ME, Heitkamp DE, Jeudy J, MacMahon H, Ravenel JG, Saleh AG, Shah RD, Expert Panel on Thoracic Imaging. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® acute respiratory illness in immunocompetent patients. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2010. 8 p. [39 references]



Guideline Status
This is the current release of the guideline.

This guideline updates a previous version: Washington L, Khan A, Mohammed TL, Batra PV, Gurney JW, Haramati LB, Jeudy J, MacMahon H, Rozenshtein A, Vydareny KH, Kaiser L, Raoof S, Expert Panel on Thoracic Imaging. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® acute respiratory illness. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2008. 7 p. [27 references]

The appropriateness criteria are reviewed annually and updated by the panels as needed, depending on introduction of new and highly significant scientific evidence.

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National Guideline Clearinghouse ACR Appropriateness Criteria® acute respiratory illness in immunocompetent patients.