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Practice Guideline
. 2010 May;25(2):W21-3.
doi: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3181d9cce4.

ACR Appropriateness Criteria on chronic dyspnea: suspected pulmonary origin

Debra Sue Dyer  1 , Arfa R Khan, Tan-Lucien Mohammed, Judith K Amorosa, Poonam V Batra, Jud W Gurney, Jean Jeudy, Larry Kaiser, Heber Macmahon, Suhail Raoof, Kay H Vydareny
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Practice Guideline

ACR Appropriateness Criteria on chronic dyspnea: suspected pulmonary origin

Debra Sue Dyer et al. J Thorac Imaging. 2010 May.

Abstract

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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