Canadian Association of Radiologists Pediatric Imaging Referral Guideline
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
- Anthony Otley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7371-9302)
- Elka Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1075-5952)
- Nishard Abdeen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6640-736X)
- Alan Michaud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9217-7361)
- Juliette Garel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8584-2666)
- Peter Metcalfe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7242-8178)
- Nina Stein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2541-5566)
- Barb Avard
- Daniela Pohl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2996-7210)
- Kathy O’Brien
- Gilgamesh Eamer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1344-7640)
- Candyce Hamel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5871-2137)
- Robert H. Chow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1322-2070)
- Chelsey Grimbly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9302-7741)
- Jonathan MacLean
- Thomas Kovesi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0521-8936)
- Vivek Mehta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1915-3747)
- Andrew Dixon
- Lucy Jamieson
- Dafydd A. Davies
Institutions
- Alberta Health Services (CA)
- Dalhousie University (CA)
- University of Waterloo (CA)
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CA)
- North York General Hospital (CA)
- Izaak Walton Killam Health Centre (CA)
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
- McMaster Children's Hospital (CA)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine (CA)
- University of Alberta Hospital (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal
- Published
- 2024-12-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/08465371241296820
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.38
Funders
- Canadian Medical Association