National Guideline Clearinghouse | ACR Appropriateness Criteria® acute onset flank pain — suspicion of stone disease.

 

Guideline Title

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

Bibliographic Source(s)

Coursey CA, Casalino DD, Remer EM, Arellano RS, Bishoff JT, Dighe M, Fulgham P, Goldfarb S, Israel GM, Lazarus E, Leyendecker JR, Majd M, Nikolaidis P, Papanicolaou N, Prasad S, Ramchandani P, Sheth S, Vikram R, 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); 2011. 7 p. [70 references]

 

Guideline Status

This is the current release of the guideline.

This guideline updates a previous version: 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]

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

full-text:
National Guideline Clearinghouse ACR Appropriateness Criteria® acute onset flank pain — suspicion of stone disease.