The American College of Radiology provides evidence-based guidelines and recommendations on the appropriateness of routinely performed chest radiographies for hospital admissions and outpatients.
Is routine chest radiography appropriate before surgeries, interventional procedures, hospital admissions, and in outpatients?
This document provides evidence-based guidelines from the American College of Radiology on the appropriateness of routine chest radiography in various clinical settings.
Chest radiographs are sometimes taken before surgeries and interventional procedures on hospital admissions and outpatients. This manuscript summarizes the American College of Radiology review of the literature and recommendations on routinely performed chest radiographies in these settings. The American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria are evidence-based guidelines for specific clinical conditions that are reviewed every 3 years by a multidisciplinary expert panel. The guideline development and review include an extensive analysis of current medical literature from peer-reviewed journals and the application of a well-established consensus methodology (modified Delphi) to rate the appropriateness of imaging and treatment procedures by the panel. In those instances in which evidence is lacking or not definitive, expert opinion may be used to recommend imaging or treatment.
McComb et al. (2016) conducted a review in Routine chest radiography before surgeries, interventional procedures, hospital admissions, and outpatients. Routine chest radiography was evaluated. The American College of Radiology provides evidence-based guidelines and recommendations on the appropriateness of routinely performed chest radiographies for hospital admissions and outpatients.