Clinical Guidelines for Chest Imaging in a Child with Respiratory Illness during COVID-19

Consider chest x ray (single frontal projection) for patients with: • Increased work of breathing • Persistent tachypnoea • Sp02 <92% on room air • Temperature > 39˚C and white cell count >20 Note that underlying co-infection may be more common in paediatric patients. Covid-19 infection may be impossible to differentiate clinically from many other … Continue reading Clinical Guidelines for Chest Imaging in a Child with Respiratory Illness during COVID-19