American College of Radiology identifies five imaging studies to question

In support of making wise choices about medical care, ACP and a number of other organizations joined the ABIM Foundation's Choosing Wisely Campaign and provided a list of five recommendations that physicians and patients should question.

As part of this effort, the American College of Radiology has identified the following list of five imaging studies that physicians and patients should question:

• Don't do imaging for uncomplicated headache.
• Don't image for suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) without moderate or high pre-test probability.
• Avoid admission or preoperative chest X-rays for ambulatory patients with unremarkable history and physical exam.
• Don't do computed tomography (CT) for the evaluation of suspected appendicitis in children until after ultrasound has been considered as an option.
• Don't recommend follow-up imaging for clinically inconsequential adnexal cysts.