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You don’t need X-Rays in a child with bronchiolitis, croup, asthma, or first time wheezing

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Many of the children you will evaluate during your shift are among the estimated 10 million United States (US) ED visits made by children with asthma, bronchiolitis, and croup, the most common pediatric respiratory conditions presenting to acute care settings.

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You don’t need to order comprehensive viral panels for most patients

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The clinical utility of respiratory viral testing in hospitalized children: a meta-analysis. Establishing benchmarks for the hospitalized care of children with asthma, bronchiolitis, and pneumonia. Reasons to not order a comprehensive respiratory viral panel (i.e., JAMA Pediatr. Hosp Pediatr. Pediatrics.