title: [When is chest radiography indicated in a child?].
abstract: Chest radiography is the most common radiological examination in children. The indications are severe or complicatec pneumonia, exclusion of other diseases when diagnosing asthma, and suspected foreign body aspiration if emergency bronchoscopy is not performed. Community-acquired pneumonia can be diagnosed on the basis of clinical symptoms anc findings alone, but if hospitalization is needed for pneumonia, the diagnosis needs to be confirmed with chest radiography Imaging is the only reliable method to assess the severity of pneumonia and to detect the complications.
authors.forename: Matti
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Korppi
authors.forename: Raija
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Seuri
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*