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Original Source: Radiographic findings among children hospitalized with severe community-acquired pneumonia.
BACKGROUND: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a leading cause of childhood death. There are few published reports of radiographic findings among children with severe CAP. OBJECTIVE: To describe chest X-ray (CXR) findings and assess association between these radiographic findings and pneumococcal isolation in children with severe CAP. METHODS: A prospective, multicenter, observational study was conducted in 12 centers in Argentina, Brazil, and the Dominican Republic. Children aged 3-59 months, hospitaliz...
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection, which manifests primarily as bronchiolitis and/or viral pneumonia, is the leading cause of lower respiratory tract infection in infants and young children....
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UNICEF targets deadly diarrhea, pneumonia in poor kids
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[Review] Acute pneumonia and the cardiovascular system
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Pneumonia Taking Severe Toll on Children in the Developing World
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In Diagnosing Pneumonia In Children, Point-Of-Care Ultrasound Is More Accurate Than The Stethoscope
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Imaging of round pneumonia and mimics in children.
Various diseases in the pediatric age group can present as an intrathoracic rounded opacity on a chest radiograph. The purpose of this pictorial essay is to emphasize the imaging appearance of round p...
Abstract In this article we review the clinical characteristics and computed tomography (CT) findings in children with 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza viral pneumonia. The medical charts of 88 children w...
Radiographic findings among children hospitalized with severe community-acquired pneumonia.
BACKGROUND: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a leading cause of childhood death. There are few published reports of radiographic findings among children with severe CAP. OBJECTIVE: To describe ch...
Viral Infections in Children with Community-Acquired Pneumonia.
Viral pathogens are commonly isolated from children with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Viruses like respiratory syncytial virus, human rhinovirus, human metapneumovirus, parainfluenza viruses, a...
Eleven HIV-infected and 30 otherwise healthy children hospitalized for H1N1 influenza were studied. Leukopenia was recorded in 64% of HIV-infected and in 20% of healthy children (P = 0.01). Chest radi...
