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ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Occupational Lung Diseases
- Source :
- Journal of Thoracic Imaging. 31:W1-W3
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2016.
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Abstract
- Occupational lung disease is a category of disease entities characterized by a reaction of the lung parenchyma to inhaled aerosolized particles found in the environment. This document summarizes the imaging appropriateness data for silicosis, coal worker pneumoconiosis, and asbestosis. The main points of the document are that computed tomography is more sensitive than radiography, computed tomography without contrast generally suffices for evaluation, and fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography may have utility in patients with mesothelioma. 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 includes 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.
- Subjects :
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Radiography
Pneumoconiosis
Asbestosis
MEDLINE
medicine.disease
030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Silicosis
Positron emission tomography
medicine
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Medical physics
030212 general & internal medicine
Occupational lung disease
business
Medical literature
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Details
- ISSN :
- 08835993
- Volume :
- 31
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Thoracic Imaging
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........8b4bf4dc32ea73ff694ee52b77554698