Use of Radiography in Patients Diagnosed as Having Acute Bronchiolitis in US Emergency Departments, 2007-2015

Brett Burstein; Amy C Plint; Jesse Papenburg

doi:10.1001/jama.2018.9245

Use of Radiography in Patients Diagnosed as Having Acute Bronchiolitis in US Emergency Departments, 2007-2015

JAMA. 2018 Oct 16;320(15):1598-1600. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.9245.

Authors

Brett Burstein¹, Amy C Plint², Jesse Papenburg³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
² Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
³ Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Abstract

This epidemiology study uses National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey data to characterize trends in use of radiography to diagnose bronchiolitis in children younger than 24 months evaluated in emergency departments between 2007 and 2015.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bronchiolitis / diagnostic imaging*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Emergency Service, Hospital / statistics & numerical data*
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Radiography / statistics & numerical data*
United States