On the issue of overdiagnosis of pneumonia in children in primary care

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• pneumonia
• children
• diagnostics