Some children are receiving chest X-rays that may be unnecessary and offer no clinical benefit to the patient, according to a new study. "Chest X-rays can be a valuable exam when ordered for the ...

When a child complains about chest pain, it’s easy for parents to panic and assume it’s a heart problem or pneumonia. But it’s much more likely to be something less serious like costochondritis or ...

Besides adults, chest pain is frequently reported in children too and is one of the reasons for frequent referrals to the pediatric cardiologists. But it is rarely life threatening. Generally chest ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In children exposed to tuberculosis, chest radiography helped in detecting asymptomatic coprevalent TB and ...

Boston, Mass. —Employing a unique quality improvement methodology, called Standardized Clinical Assessment and Management Plans (SCAMPs), physicians have demonstrated that chest pain in children, ...

Q: My 6-year-old son has recently begun to tell me that he feels his heart tingle. When I ask more about it, he says it's when he's nervous, excited, worried or about to "attack" the girls clubhouse ...

(HealthDay News) — Many American children receive unnecessary chest X-rays, according to research findings scheduled for presentation Wednesday at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of ...