Articles Tagged With: pneumonia
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Lung Ultrasound to Diagnose Pneumonia in Children
Whether based on history, tachypnea, or X-ray findings, the diagnosis of pneumonia in children is incompletely accurate. Ultrasound is a reasonable alternative tool for the diagnosis of childhood pneumonia.
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Pneumonia in U.S. Children Requiring Hospitalization
Two thousand six hundred thirty-eight children with a clinical diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) were enrolled in a prospective surveillance study. Eighty-nine percent had radiographic evidence of pneumonia. The median age of children hospitalized was 2 years, with the highest rates seen in children younger than 2 years. Respiratory viruses were the most commonly detected pathogens.
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Steroids for Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia: More Evidence or More Uncertainty?
A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial involving patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia and evidence of high inflammation found less treatment failure in those who received steroids. However, in-hospital mortality did not differ between the groups.
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Special Coverage: 9th Conference on Retroviruses - TB, pneumonia deaths down, but heart attacks up
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Hospital slashes pneumonia rate with quality project for early intervention
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Flowcharts help medical center boost pneumonia outcomes
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CDC gives vent changes highest recommendation
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VAP: High costs in more ways than one, says CDC guideline
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CDC bans expensive ritual of routine ventilator breathing circuit changes
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