Impact of chest radiography for children with lower respiratory tract infection: A propensity score approach

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Ecochard Dugelay, Emmanuelle ^a   Beliah, Muriel ^b   Boisson, Caroline ^b   Perreaux, Francis ^b   De Laveaucoupet, Jocelyne ^b   Labrune, Philippe ^b,e   Epaud, Ralph ^c,f   Ducou Lepointe, Hubert ^d,g   Bouyer, Jean ^a,e   Gajdos, Vincent ^a,b,e  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL DE CRÉTEIL   (France)

^d ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECTS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84900432874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096189     Document Type: Article

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