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. 2022 Feb 1;149(2):e2021053384.
doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-053384.

2021 Update on Pediatric Overuse

Nathan M Money  1 , Alan R Schroeder  2 , Ricardo A Quinonez  3 , Timmy Ho  4 , Jennifer R Marin  5 , Elizabeth R Wolf  6 , Daniel J Morgan  7 , Sanket S Dhruva  8 , Eric R Coon  1
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2021 Update on Pediatric Overuse

Nathan M Money et al. Pediatrics. .

Abstract

This update on pediatric medical overuse identifies and provides concise summaries of 10 impactful articles related to pediatric medical overuse from the years 2019 to 2020.

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CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURES: The authors have indicated they have no conflicts of interest relevant to this article to disclose.

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Flow diagram for selected overuse articles.
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