Aggregate Evidence Quality | Grade B |
Benefits | Reduce costs, unnecessary testing, radiation exposure, and caregiver/infant anxiety |
Avoid consequences of false-positive results | |
Risks, harm, cost | May rarely miss diagnostic opportunity for early lower respiratory tract or cardiac disease |
Benefit-harm assessment | The benefits of reducing unnecessary testing, radiation exposure, and false-positive results, as well as alleviating caregiver and infant anxiety, outweigh the rare missed diagnostic opportunity for lower respiratory tract or cardiac disease |
Intentional vagueness | None |
Role of patient preferences | Caregiver may express concern regarding a longstanding breathing pattern in his/her infant or a recent change in breathing that might influence the decision to obtain chest radiography |
Exclusions | None |
Strength | Moderate recommendation |
Key references | 4,37 |
Aggregate Evidence Quality | Grade B |
Benefits | Reduce costs, unnecessary testing, radiation exposure, and caregiver/infant anxiety |
Avoid consequences of false-positive results | |
Risks, harm, cost | May rarely miss diagnostic opportunity for early lower respiratory tract or cardiac disease |
Benefit-harm assessment | The benefits of reducing unnecessary testing, radiation exposure, and false-positive results, as well as alleviating caregiver and infant anxiety, outweigh the rare missed diagnostic opportunity for lower respiratory tract or cardiac disease |
Intentional vagueness | None |
Role of patient preferences | Caregiver may express concern regarding a longstanding breathing pattern in his/her infant or a recent change in breathing that might influence the decision to obtain chest radiography |
Exclusions | None |
Strength | Moderate recommendation |
Key references | 4,37 |