ACR Guidance vs SIR Guidelines

The ACR® Guidance App provides interactive mobile access to select clinical guidance content from the ACR website. Download to access the ACR Contrast Reaction Cards, Reporting and Data Systems (RADS), and Incidental Findings (IF) content. This app is intended for healthcare professionals such as radiologists, oncologists, referring physicians, and medical students who desire on the go reference materials from ACR. This app is not a medical device and should not be considered as one. ACR provides this mobile app for reference purposes only. It is not intended to substitute for the independent clinical judgment of a physician or other health care professional user. A physician or other user is solely responsible for verifying the currency and applicability of app content to a particular clinical situation and thus assumes all risk of use. As allowable under applicable law, ACR and ACR’s employees, officers, directors, agents, contractors and volunteers will not be liable for any damages arising out of the use or misuse of the app, its content, or calculations. This includes but is not limited to a user’s inability to access the app or any loss or corruption of a user’s data.

The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Guidelines app is the go-to source for SIR’s published guidelines and statements at your fingertips. SIR Guidelines is free to use and allows healthcare workers to quickly access evidence-based recommendations in an easy-to-use point of care format intended to simplify clinical decision-making. The app includes an interactive periprocedural recommendation calculator that generates scenario-specific anticoagulation and antibiotic recommendations based on the SIR consensus guidelines. Users can input medications and patient factors to generate recommendations tailored for the patient’s and procedural bleeding risk. The Clinical Practice Guidelines for IVC Filters provide evidence based guidance for the management of patients with thromboembolic disease. The app will be continually updated to include new Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) and tools to assist in clinical decision-making. The Society is providing information and services on this mobile app as a benefit and educational service intended for licensed health care professionals. The information posted here by the Society or any third party should not be considered medical advice or standard of care, and is not intended to replace the independent judgment of or consultation with a qualified medical professional. The use of the mobile app and the Society Content is voluntary and for educational purposes only. Accordingly, the Society assumes no liability for or relating to the use of the content contained within the mobile app by users.