No need to take chest radiographs in pediatric community-acquired pneumonia if complications are not suspected

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Matti Korppi. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2022 Jan.

. 2022 Jan;57(1):315-316.

doi: 10.1002/ppul.25696. Epub 2021 Sep 28.

¹ Center for Child Health Research, University of Tampere and University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.

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Keywords: TB; imaging; infections: pneumonia; viral.

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