TY - JOUR
T1 - ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Chronic Extremity Joint Pain-Suspected Inflammatory Arthritis, Crystalline Arthritis, or Erosive Osteoarthritis
T2 - 2022 Update
AU - Expert Panel on Musculoskeletal Imaging:
AU - Subhas, Naveen
AU - Wu, Fangbai
AU - Fox, Michael G.
AU - Nacey, Nicholas
AU - Aslam, Fawad
AU - Blankenbaker, Donna G.
AU - Caracciolo, Jamie T.
AU - DeJoseph, Debra Anne
AU - Frick, Matthew A.
AU - Jawetz, Shari T.
AU - Said, Nicholas
AU - Sandstrom, Claire K.
AU - Sharma, Akash
AU - Stensby, J. Derek
AU - Walker, Eric A.
AU - Chang, Eric Y.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 American College of Radiology
PY - 2023/5
Y1 - 2023/5
N2 - Evaluation for suspected inflammatory arthritis as a cause for chronic extremity joint pain often relies on imaging. It is essential that imaging results are interpreted in the context of clinical and serologic results to add specificity because there is significant overlap of imaging findings among the various types of arthritis. This document provides recommendations for imaging evaluation of specific types of inflammatory arthritis, including rheumatoid arthritis, seronegative spondyloarthropathy, gout, calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate disease (or pseudogout), and erosive osteoarthritis. The ACR Appropriateness Criteria are evidence-based guidelines for specific clinical conditions that are reviewed annually by a multidisciplinary expert panel. The guideline development and revision process support the systematic analysis of the medical literature from peer reviewed journals. Established methodology principles such as Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation or GRADE are adapted to evaluate the evidence. The RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method User Manual provides the methodology to determine the appropriateness of imaging and treatment procedures for specific clinical scenarios. In those instances in which peer reviewed literature is lacking or equivocal, experts may be the primary evidentiary source available to formulate a recommendation.
AB - Evaluation for suspected inflammatory arthritis as a cause for chronic extremity joint pain often relies on imaging. It is essential that imaging results are interpreted in the context of clinical and serologic results to add specificity because there is significant overlap of imaging findings among the various types of arthritis. This document provides recommendations for imaging evaluation of specific types of inflammatory arthritis, including rheumatoid arthritis, seronegative spondyloarthropathy, gout, calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate disease (or pseudogout), and erosive osteoarthritis. The ACR Appropriateness Criteria are evidence-based guidelines for specific clinical conditions that are reviewed annually by a multidisciplinary expert panel. The guideline development and revision process support the systematic analysis of the medical literature from peer reviewed journals. Established methodology principles such as Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation or GRADE are adapted to evaluate the evidence. The RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method User Manual provides the methodology to determine the appropriateness of imaging and treatment procedures for specific clinical scenarios. In those instances in which peer reviewed literature is lacking or equivocal, experts may be the primary evidentiary source available to formulate a recommendation.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jacr.2023.02.020
DO - 10.1016/j.jacr.2023.02.020
M3 - Article
C2 - 37236743
AN - SCOPUS:85160085081
SN - 1546-1440
VL - 20
SP - S20-S32
JO - Journal of the American College of Radiology
JF - Journal of the American College of Radiology
IS - 5
ER -