ACR Appropriateness Criteria® routine admission and preoperative chest radiography - American College of Radiology

GUIDELINE TITLE
American College of Radiology
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® routine admission and preoperative chest radiography.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC SOURCE(S)
MacMahon H, Khan AR, Mohammed TL, Amorosa JK, Batra PV, Dyer DS, Gurney JW, Jeudy J, Kaiser L, Raoof S, Vydareny KH, Expert Panel on Thoracic Imaging. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® routine admission and preoperative chest radiography. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2008. 5 p. [41 references]

GUIDELINE STATUS
This is the current release of the guideline.

This guideline updates a previous version: McLoud TC, Davis SD, Aquino SD, Batra PV, Goodman PC, Haramati LB, Khan A, Leung AN, Rosado de Christenson ML, Rozenshtein A, White CS, Kaiser LR, Raoof S, Expert Panel on Thoracic Imaging. Routine admission and preoperative chest radiography. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2006. 5 p. [39 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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