Chest Radiographs in the Pediatric Emergency Department for Children ≤18 Months of Age with Wheezing
- 1 July 1999
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Clinical Pediatrics
- Vol. 38 (7), 395-399
- https://doi.org/10.1177/000992289903800703
Abstract
There are no widely accepted predictors of pneumonia in wheezing infants and toddlers who present to the emergency department (ED). A 10-month retrospective review of ED visits of wheezing children ≤18 months of age revealed the following chest radiograph (CXR) results: normal (21 %), findings consistent with uncomplicated bronchiolitis or asthma (61%), focal infiltrates (18%), and other abnormalities (Pediatr. 1999;38:395-399Keywords
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