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Canadian Association of Radiologists Pediatric Imaging Referral Guideline

Abstract

The Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) Pediatric Expert Panel is made up of pediatric physicians from the disciplines of radiology, emergency medicine, endocrinology, gastroenterology, general surgery, neurology, neurosurgery, respirology, orthopaedic surgery, otolaryngology, urology, a patient advisor, and an epidemiologist/guideline methodologist. After developing a list of 50 clinical/diagnostic scenarios, a rapid scoping review was undertaken to identify systematically produced referral guidelines that provide recommendations for one or more of these clinical/diagnostic scenarios. Recommendations from 32 guidelines and contextualization criteria in the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluations (GRADE) for guidelines framework were used to develop 133 recommendation statements across the 50 scenarios. This guideline presents the methods of development and the referral recommendations for head, neck, spine, hip, chest, abdomen, genitourinary, and non-accidental trauma clinical scenarios.

Authors

Hamel C; Avard B; Chow R; Davies D; Dixon A; Eamer G; Garel J; Grimbly C; Jamieson L; Kovesi T

Journal

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal, Vol. 76, No. 2, pp. 245–256

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Publication Date

May 1, 2025

DOI

10.1177/08465371241296820

ISSN

0846-5371

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