ACR Appropriateness Criteria® blunt abdominal trauma. - American College of Radiology

GUIDELINE TITLE
American College of Radiology
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® blunt abdominal trauma.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC SOURCE(S)
Sudakoff GS, Yucel EK, Rosen MP, Francis IR, Baum RA, Foley WD, Gay SB, Greene FL, Mansour MA, Rybicki FJ, Expert Panels on Vascular Imaging, Gastrointestinal Imaging, and Urologic Imaging. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® blunt abdominal trauma. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2008. 6 p. [70 references]

GUIDELINE STATUS
This is the current release of the guideline.

This guideline updates a previous version: Shuman WP, Holtzman SR, Bree RL, Bettmann MA, Casciani T, Foley WD, Gay SB, Gomes AS, Rosen MP, Sacks D, Greene FL, Expert Panel on Gastrointestinal Imaging. Blunt abdominal trauma. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2005. 8 p. [98 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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