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ACR Appropriateness Criteria on chronic dyspnea: suspected pulmonary origin
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ACR Appropriateness Criteria on chronic dyspnea: suspected pulmonary origin

Debra Sue Dyer, Arfa R Khan, Tan-Lucien Mohammed, Judith K Amorosa, Poonam V Batra, Jud W Gurney, Jean Jeudy, Larry Kaiser, Heber Macmahon, Suhail Raoof, …
Journal of thoracic imaging, Vol.25(2), pp.W21-W23
05/2010
PMID: 20463522

Abstract

Lung Diseases, Interstitial - diagnostic imaging Humans Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - diagnostic imaging Dyspnea - diagnostic imaging Dyspnea - etiology Radiography, Thoracic Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - complications Lung Diseases, Interstitial - complications Chronic Disease
Chronic dyspnea of pulmonary origin raises concern for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or interstitial lung disease. A chest radiograph is recommended as the initial imaging study. When chest radiography is nonrevealing or provides no definitive diagnosis, a high-resolution chest computed tomography is indicated. The high-resolution chest computed tomography should include expiratory imaging in patients with known or suspected air trapping.

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