Is the frontal radiograph alone sufficient to evaluate for pneumonia in children?

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 379-383

  Rigsby, Cynthia K ^a,b   Strife, Janet L ^a   Johnson, Neil D ^a   Atherton, Harry D ^a   Pommersheim, William ^a,c   Kotagal, Uma R ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Infection; Lung; Radiography; Respiratory system

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2542599917     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-003-1128-x     Document Type: Review

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