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

BACKGROUND: Management of acute respiratory tract infection varies substantially despite this being a condition frequently encountered in pediatric emergency departments. Previous studies have suggested that the use of antibiotics was higher when chest radiography was performed. However none of thes...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Emmanuelle Ecochard-Dugelay, Muriel Beliah, Caroline Boisson, Francis Perreaux, Jocelyne de Laveaucoupet, Philippe Labrune, Ralph Epaud, Hubert Ducou-Lepointe, Jean Bouyer, Vincent Gajdos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4008561?pdf=render