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Pediatric Abdominal X-rays in the Acute Care Setting – Are We Overdiagnosing Constipation?

Introduction Constipation represents 3% of all office visits to pediatricians and 10% - 45% of consultations with pediatric gastroenterologists. It has been reliably established that the role of abdominal x-rays (AXR) in the diagnosis of constipation in pediatrics is limited; yet, significant overdi...

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Autores principales: Anwar ul Haq, Malik Muhammad, Lyons, Hernando, Halim, Madiha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7159144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32300503
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7283