Importance Medical overuse is an important cause of patient harm and medical waste.
Observation This structured literature review of English-language articles supplemented by …

Background It has been estimated that 20% of the tests and therapies currently prescribed in
North America are likely unnecessary, add no value, and may even cause harm. The …

Importance US national guidelines discourage the use of continuous pulse oximetry
monitoring in hospitalized children with bronchiolitis who do not require supplemental …

Countries around the world have committed to achieving universal health coverage as part
of the Sustainable Development Goals agreed upon by all United Nations members …

Importance Medical overuse is common in pediatrics and may lead to unnecessary care,
resource use, and patient harm. Timely scrutiny of established and emerging practices can …

Background Although paediatric chronic pain is common, it is not yet clear which individuals
with chronic pain are likely to seek health care for their pain. The aims of this study were to …

Methods Methods were similar to our previous overuse reviews 8–11 and consisted of 2
strategies of article collection:(1) a structured Medline search, and (2) a manual table of …

RESULTS Overall, we identified 201 articles pertaining to pediatric medical overuse (Fig 1).
For the manual table of content review, 4559 articles were reviewed, and 195 (4%) articles …

Objective To determine the frequency of abdominal radiographs obtained in healthy children
aged 6 months to 18 years to diagnose constipation in a pediatric emergency department …

Methods: We conducted semistructured interviews of clinicians (MD, DO, RN, NP, PA) from 6
PICUs who had participated in a quality improvement collaborative about blood culture …