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Choosing Wisely®

American Academy of Pediatrics

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Essencial: Afegint valor a la pràctica clínica [Essencial: Adding value to the clinical practice]

Agència de Qualitat i Avaluació Sanitàries de Catalunya (AQuAS)

*These scores help to predict the level of care required.

Community-acquired pneumonia is a common disease that affects people of all ages. It has different grades of severity and may require hospitalization.

Hospitalization increases the risk of hospital-related infections, and can be uncomfortable for patients and their families.

It is important to apply prognosis scores to establish the level of care required (conventional hospitalization, intensive care, or ...

Essencial: Afegint valor a la pràctica clínica [Essencial: Adding value to the clinical practice]

Agència de Qualitat i Avaluació Sanitàries de Catalunya (AQuAS)

Evidence shows that routine preoperative chest radiography in patients without cardiovascular or respiratory symptoms do not improve patient's management.

In most cases, preoperative chest radiography is not useful to predict postoperative respiratory complications or to change the treatment that ends up being provided.

Chest radiography is a low risk diagnostic tool, but is not harmless. Radiation associated with radiographies is very low but accumulates in the long ...

Choosing Wisely®

American College of Radiology

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Choosing Wisely®

Society of Hospital Medicine. Pediatric Hospital Medicine

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