Variation in the use of chest radiography for pneumonia in pediatric emergency departments

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 606-610

  Neuman, Mark I ^a   Graham, Dionne ^b   Bachur, Richard ^a  

^a Division of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

antibiotic; chest radiograph; pneumonia; quality improvement; radiation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; WHEEZING;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PNEUMONIA; RADIOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960700402     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182225578     Document Type: Article

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