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AIUM Practice Guideline for the Performance of Ultrasound Vascular Mapping for Preoperative Planning of Dialysis Access
Author(s) -
Michelle L. Melany
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/jum.2012.31.1.173
Subject(s) - guideline , medicine , citation , vascular access , dialysis , library science , surgery , computer science , pathology , hemodialysis
These guidelines are an educational tool designed to assist practitioners in providing appropriate radiologic care for patients. They are not inflexible rules or requirements of practice and are not intended, nor should they be used, to establish a legal standard of care. For these reasons and those set forth below, the American College of Radiology cautions against the use of these guidelines in litigation in which the clinical decisions of a practitioner are called into question.