ACR Appropriateness Criteria® acute onset flank pain — suspicion of stone disease. American College of Radiology

GUIDELINE TITLE
American College of Radiology
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® acute onset flank pain — suspicion of stone disease.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC SOURCE(S)
Baumgarten DA, Francis IR, Casalino DD, Arellano RS, Curry NS, Dighe M, Fulgham P, Israel GM, Leyendecker JR, Papanicolaou N, Prasad S, Ramchandani P, Remer EM, Sheth S, Expert Panel on Urologic Imaging. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® acute onset flank pain -- suspicion of stone disease. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2008. 6 p. [51 references]

GUIDELINE STATUS
This is the current release of the guideline.

This guideline updates a previous version: Baumgarten DA, Francis IR, Bluth EI, Bush WH Jr, Casalino DD, Curry NS, Israel GM, Jafri SZ, Kawashima A, Papanicolaou N, Remer EM, Sandler CM, Spring DB, Fulgham P, Expert Panel on Urologic Imaging. Acute onset flank pain, suspicion of stone disease. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2007. 5 p. [45 references]

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

open here to see the full-text:
ACR Appropriateness Criteria® acute onset flank pain — suspicion of stone disease.