Diagnosis of childhood pneumonia clinical assessment without radiological confirmation may lead to overtreatment

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 646-649

  Zimmerman, Deena Rachel ^a   Kovalski, Nahum ^a   Fields, Scott ^a   Lumelsky, Dimitry ^b   Miron, Dan ^b,c  

^a Terem Emergency Medical Services   (Israel)

^b HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chest x ray; Clinical diagnosis; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFANT; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INFANT; ISRAEL; LUNG; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 84864545557     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31825cfd53     Document Type: Article

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