Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children: A Multidisciplinary Consensus Review
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is common among children and may have viral, bacterial or, occasionally, other causes. The etiology is complex, with age-related trends, and differs from that in adult CAP, necessitating different management guidelines. There is an absence of current guidelines for...
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| author | Donald E Low James D Kellner Upton Allen Francois D Boucher Thomas Kovesi John Riesman Ross Davidson Joanne M Langley |
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| description | Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is common among children and may have viral, bacterial or, occasionally, other causes. The etiology is complex, with age-related trends, and differs from that in adult CAP, necessitating different management guidelines. There is an absence of current guidelines for the management of pediatric CAP (PCAP) that take into account changing etiologies, antimicrobial-resistance issues and the use of newly licensed antimicrobials. The present review does not provide specific guidelines, but it reviews the literature and presents currrent approaches to the treatment of PCAP. To compile the review, an expert panel was convened to provide a consensus. The review discusses the etiology, diagnosis and antimicrobial treatment of PCAP as well as indications for referral to a hospital emergency department. The goal of the review is to provide those involved with treatment of PCAP in the community setting with information that can be used to make effective treatment choices. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-10d5a1d25ba244f6a086261b451a27922025-02-03T05:53:47ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases1180-23322003-01-0114Suppl B3B11B10.1155/2003/392417Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children: A Multidisciplinary Consensus ReviewDonald E Low0James D Kellner1Upton Allen2Francois D Boucher3Thomas Kovesi4John Riesman5Ross Davidson6Joanne M Langley7Toronto Medical Laboratories and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaUniversity of Calgary and Alberta Children’s Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaUniversity of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaUniversité Laval and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec (CHUL), Quebec City and Sainte-Foy, Québec, CanadaDepartment of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaQueen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaTrials Research Center, IWK Health Center and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaCommunity-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is common among children and may have viral, bacterial or, occasionally, other causes. The etiology is complex, with age-related trends, and differs from that in adult CAP, necessitating different management guidelines. There is an absence of current guidelines for the management of pediatric CAP (PCAP) that take into account changing etiologies, antimicrobial-resistance issues and the use of newly licensed antimicrobials. The present review does not provide specific guidelines, but it reviews the literature and presents currrent approaches to the treatment of PCAP. To compile the review, an expert panel was convened to provide a consensus. The review discusses the etiology, diagnosis and antimicrobial treatment of PCAP as well as indications for referral to a hospital emergency department. The goal of the review is to provide those involved with treatment of PCAP in the community setting with information that can be used to make effective treatment choices.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2003/392417 |
| spellingShingle | Donald E Low James D Kellner Upton Allen Francois D Boucher Thomas Kovesi John Riesman Ross Davidson Joanne M Langley Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children: A Multidisciplinary Consensus Review Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| title | Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children: A Multidisciplinary Consensus Review |
| title_full | Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children: A Multidisciplinary Consensus Review |
| title_fullStr | Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children: A Multidisciplinary Consensus Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children: A Multidisciplinary Consensus Review |
| title_short | Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children: A Multidisciplinary Consensus Review |
| title_sort | community acquired pneumonia in children a multidisciplinary consensus review |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2003/392417 |
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