ARKA Clinical Decision Support is designed to meet all four criteria for Non-Device CDS under FD&C Act §520(o)(1)(E) and FDA's January 2026 final guidance on Clinical Decision Support Software. Recommendations support, not replace, the clinician's judgment. Every recommendation is anchored in a published guideline or peer-reviewed source, with the basis available for independent review. CLIN emphasizes imaging appropriateness at order entry.
This recommendation is intended to support, not replace, clinical judgment. It is generated by ARKA, software designed to meet the four criteria for Non-Device Clinical Decision Support under FD&C Act §520(o)(1)(E) and FDA's final guidance on Clinical Decision Support Software (January 2026). The clinician is responsible for the final decision.
AIIE Evidence
Stable blunt abdominal trauma with significant mechanism or findings → IV-contrast CT abdomen/pelvis; FAST complements but does not replace CT.
Hemodynamically stable patients with significant blunt abdominal trauma are evaluated with contrast-enhanced CT of the abdomen and pelvis, which grades solid-organ injury and increasingly enables non-operative management.
The AIIE synthesis above is ARKA-authored; the sources below are the underlying external literature.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2015doi:10.1002/14651858.CD004446.pub4
American College of Radiology · 2024