ACR Appropriateness Criteria® routine chest radiograph - American College of Radiology

GUIDELINE TITLE
American College of Radiology
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® routine chest radiograph.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC SOURCE(S)
Amorosa JK, Bramwit MP, Khan AR, Mohammed TL, Batra PV, Dyer DS, Gurney JW, Jeudy J, Kaiser L, MacMahon H, Raoof S, Vydareny KH, Expert Panel on Thoracic Imaging. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® routine chest radiograph. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2008. 5 p. [22 references]

GUIDELINE STATUS
This is the current release of the guideline.

This guideline updates a previous version: Aquino SL, Khan A, Batra PV, Gurney JW, Haramati LB, MacMahon H, Mohammed TL, Rozenshtein A, Vydareny KH, Washington L, Winer-Muram HT, Woodard PK, Kaiser L, Raoof S, Expert Panel on Thoracic Imaging. Routine chest radiograph. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2006. 6 p. [21 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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