National Guideline Clearinghouse | ACR Appropriateness Criteria® head trauma.

National Guideline Clearinghouse | ACR Appropriateness Criteria® head trauma.

American College of Radiology

• ACR Appropriateness Criteria® head trauma. This updates a previously published guideline summary.

Guideline Title

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® head trauma.

Bibliographic Source(s)

Shetty VS, Reis MN, Aulino JM, Berger KL, Broder J, Choudhri AF, Kendi AT, Kessler MM, Kirsch CF, Luttrull MD, Mechtler LL, Prall JA, Raksin PB, Roth CJ, Sharma A, West OC, Wintermark M, Cornelius RS, Bykowski J, Expert Panel on Neurologic Imaging. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® head trauma. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2015. 18 p. [64 references]

Guideline Status

This is the current release of the guideline.

This guideline updates a previous version: Davis PC, Wippold FJ II, Cornelius RS, Aiken AH, Angtuaco EJ, Berger KL, Broderick DF, Brown DC, Douglas AC, McConnell CT Jr, Mechtler LL, Prall JA, Raksin PB, Roth CJ, Seidenwurm DJ, Smirniotopoulos JG, Waxman AD, Coley BD, Expert Panel on Neurologic Imaging. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® head trauma. [online publication]. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2012. 14 p. [64 references]

This guideline meets NGC's 2013 (revised) inclusion criteria.