Some children are receiving chest X-rays that may be unnecessary and offer no clinical benefit to the patient, according to a new study. "Chest X-rays can be a valuable exam when ordered for the ...

Boston, Mass. —Employing a unique quality improvement methodology, called Standardized Clinical Assessment and Management Plans (SCAMPs), physicians have demonstrated that chest pain in children, ...

For the 7-item history questions, responses to the questions related to cough, shortness of breath and wheezing were classified as positive if the respondent answered ‘almost every day’ or ‘several ...

Studies have consistently shown that most chest pain experienced in childhood and adolescence is not cardiac in nature. Therefore, chest pain in children does not have the same concerning connotation ...