Abdominal painAbscessAppropriateness CriteriaAppropriate Use CriteriaAUCCTFeverImagingThe range of pathology in adults that can produce abdominal pain is broad and necessitates an imaging approach to evaluate many different organ systems. Although localizing pain prompts directed imaging/management, clinical ...
ACR Appropriateness Criteria Pulsatile Abdominal Mass, Suspected Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: 2023 Update Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is defined as abnormal dilation of the infrarenal abdominal aortic diameter to 3.0 cm or greater. The natural history of AA... DS Wang,J Shen,BS Majdalany,... ...
Left lower-quadrant pain: guidelines from the American College of Radiology appropriateness criteria. Am Fam Physician. 2010;82(7):766-70. [PMID:20879699] Comment: Guidelines for the use of imaging modalities for LLQ pain utilizing ACR appropriateness criteria; includes case examples. Solomkin JS...
Patient-Friendly Summary of the ACR Appropriateness Criteria?: Pulsatile Abdominal Mass, Suspected Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) occurs when the aorta, the main artery that carries blood away from the heart in the lower part of the body, weakens and... G Villa,SS...
PE: local tenderness, possibly a palpable mass; if postoperative, assessment for abscess confounded by analgesics, ileus and incisional pain; over half presenting within 10 days of initial operation. Lab: Elevated WBC common Derangement of liver enzymes, elevated alkaline phosphatase or hypergammaglobu...
Katz DS, Baker ME, Rosen MP et al (2013) ACR appropriateness criteria® 1 Suspected small-bowel obstruction. https://acsearch.acr.org/docs/69476/Narrative/ Lindelius A, Törngren S, Sondén A et al (2008) Impact of surgeon-performed ultrasound on diagnosis of abdominal pain. Emerg ...
E ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Staging and Follow-up of Ovarian Cancer American College of Radiology. Castellani F, Nganga EC, Dumas L, Banerjee S, Rockall AG (2019) Imaging in the pre-operative staging of ovarian cancer. Abdom Radiol (NY) 44:685-696. Article PubMed Google Scholar ...
Patient-Friendly Summary of the ACR Appropriateness Criteria: Acute Nonlocalized Abdominal Paindoi:10.1016/j.jacr.2018.06.003CelenaDepartmentRomeroDepartmentRyanDepartmentLeeDepartmentElsevier ScienceJournal of the American College of Radiology: JACR
ACR appropriateness criteriaThe objectives of this study were to document the utilization of MRI compared with CT in pregnant patients presenting with acute nontraumatic abdominal pain at our institution and to compare the diagnostic performance of the two modalities. A retrospective review identified ...
Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 29(1):177-183Desjardins B, Dill KE, Flamm SD, et al. (2013) ACR appropriateness criteria pulsatile abdominal mass, suspected abdominal aortic aneurysm. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 29(1):177–183 Central