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National Guideline Clearinghouse | ACR Appropriateness Criteria® routine admission and preoperative chest radiography.

Guideline Title

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® routine admission and preoperative chest radiography.

 

 

Bibliographic Source(s)

Mohammed TL, Kirsch J, Amorosa JK, Brown K, Chung JH, Dyer DS, Ginsburg ME, Heitkamp DE, Kanne JP, Kazerooni EA, Ketai LH, Ravenel JG, Saleh AG, Shah RD, Expert Panel on Thoracic Imaging. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® routine admission and preoperative chest radiography. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2011. 6 p. [41 references]

Guideline Status

This is the current release of the guideline.
This guideline updates a previous version: 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.
The appropriateness criteria are reviewed biennially and updated by the panels as needed, depending on introduction of new and highly significant scientific evidence.