ACR Appropriateness Criteria® chronic dyspnea — suspected pulmonary origin. - American College of Radiology

GUIDELINE TITLE
American College of Radiology
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® chronic dyspnea — suspected pulmonary origin.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC SOURCE(S)
Dyer DS, Khan AR, Mohammed TL, Amorosa JK, Batra PV, Gurney JW, Jeudy J, Kaiser L, MacMahon H, Raoof S, Vydareny KH, Expert Panel on Thoracic Imaging. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® chronic dyspnea - suspected pulmonary origin. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2009. 4 p. [29 references]

GUIDELINE STATUS
This is the current release of the guideline.

This guideline updates a previous version: Batra PV, Davis SD, Aquino SL, Goodman PC, Haramati LB, Khan A, Leung AN, McLoud TC, Rosado de Christenson ML, Rozenshtein A, White CS, Kaiser LR, Raoof S, Expert Panel on Thoracic Imaging. Dyspnea. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2006. 4 p. [14 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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