Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—August 27, 2015. A cross-sectional study of children admitted to 33 pediatric tertiary-care hospitals between 2004 and 2012 examined the rates and types of imaging done for 10 of the most common diagnostic groups in children. These groups included seizures, appendicitis, concussions, upper respiratory infections and abdominal pain.
The study, “Computed Tomography and Shifts to Alternate Imaging Modalities in Hospitalized Children,” appears in the September 2015 issue of Pediatrics (published…
