3 paediatric practices doctors should ditch

Probiotics for gastro don't help, say US paediatricians who did a review of low-value care
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Probiotics for gastroenteritis in children are among a number of paediatric medical practices that need further scrutiny or should just be avoided, according to a systematic review.

US paediatricians assessed the literature for 2018 to identify areas of low-value care and found 10 relevant studies.