Open AccessOn the issue of overdiagnosis of pneumonia in children in primary care
Author(s) -
В. Соболенкова,
С. Федоров
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
detskie infekcii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2618-8139
pISSN - 2072-8107
DOI - 10.22627/2072-8107-2021-20-3-55-57
Subject(s) - overdiagnosis , pneumonia , intensive care medicine , medicine , primary care , medical prescription , antibiotics , antibiotic therapy , disease , family medicine , nursing , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Diagnosis of pneumonia in children is still a debatable issue. Recently, the increase in overdiagnosis has been of pneumonia and, as a result, frequent and unjustified prescription of antibacterial therapy, forming antibiotic resistance in the future. The article analyzes the issues of verification of pneumonia, and also provides data of our own observation about the overdiagnosis of this disease.