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All hospitalized children should have a chest radiograph performed to assess the extent of pneumonia and determine the presence of pleural effusion or abscess.
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Uncomplicated Pneumonia in cases where the diagnosis of bacterial pneumonia is highly suspected from history, combined with typical clinical and physical findings and the child is not sufficiently ill to require hospitalization, a chest radiograph is not essential. <span>All hospitalized children should have a chest radiograph performed to assess the extent of pneumonia and determine the presence of pleural effusion or abscess.
The prominent radiographic pattern in bacterial pneumonia is alveolar/airspace disease that is seen as consolidations. Classically, these present as lobar consolidations wi Summary
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