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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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ED providers and radiologists commonly face the scenario of interpreting a CXR in a child with respiratory complaints prompting the questions: Does that infiltrate represent bacterial pneumonia, inflammation, or simply atelectasis? Drivers of CXR overuse are myriad and can be thought of at the system, provider, and patient levels.

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