ReviewPneumonia (Nathan Qld.)2014
The radiological diagnosis of pneumonia in children.
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- Comparison of lung ultrasound and chest radiography for detecting pneumonia in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Lung ultrasound and procalcitonin, improving antibiotic management and avoiding radiation exposure in pediatric critical patients with bacterial pneumonia: a randomized clinical trial.European journal of medical research · 2024Trial
- Personalized decision-making through AI solutions in pediatric emergency medicine: Focusing on febrile children.PLOS digital health · 2025Review
- A Novel Knowledge Fusion Ensemble for Diagnostic Differentiation of Pediatric Pneumonia and Acute Bronchitis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Antibiotics for Paediatric Community-Acquired Pneumonia: What is the Optimal Course Duration?Paediatric drugs · 2025Review
- Comparing Ultrasound, Chest X-Ray, and CT Scan for Pneumonia Detection.Medical devices (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Review
- Clinical Implications of the Obstructive Pattern on Chest Radiography in Children Aged 3-59 Months With Severe Lower Respiratory Tract Infections.Pediatric pulmonology · 2025Article
- Role of Spirometry, Radiology, and Flexible Bronchoscopy in Assessing Chronic Cough in Children.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Prevalence and Outpatient Clinical Diagnostic Approaches for Common Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in Children Under Five Years of Age: A Cross-Sectional Study.Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics · 2024Article
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- Efficacy of Artificial Intelligence in the Categorisation of Paediatric Pneumonia on Chest Radiographs: A Systematic Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Bedside lung ultrasound for the diagnosis of pneumonia in children presenting to an emergency department in a resource-limited setting.International journal of emergency medicine · 2023Article
- Macrolide versus Non-Macrolide in Combination with Steroids for the Treatment of Lobar or SegmentalAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Implementation of lung ultrasound in low- to middle-income countries: a new challenge global health?European journal of pediatrics · 2022Review
- A Prediction Model for Pediatric Radiographic Pneumonia.Pediatrics · 2022Article
- Prevalence and associated factors of pneumonia among under-fives with acute respiratory symptoms: a cross sectional study at a Teaching Hospital in Bushenyi District, Western Uganda.African health sciences · 2021Article
- Acute kidney injury in children hospitalized for community acquired pneumonia.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2021Article
- Diagnosing community-acquired pneumonia via a smartphone-based algorithm: a prospective cohort study in primary and acute-care consultations.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2021Article
- The diagnosis of respiratory disease in children using a phone-based cough and symptom analysis algorithm: The smartphone recordings of cough sounds 2 (SMARTCOUGH-C 2) trial design.Contemporary clinical trials · 2021Article
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Abstract
Despite the importance of paediatric pneumonia as a cause of short and long-term morbidity and mortality worldwide, a reliable gold standard for its diagnosis remains elusive. The utility of clinical, microbiological and radiological diagnostic approaches varies widely within and between populations and is heavily dependent on the expertise and resources available in various settings. Here we review the role of radiology in the diagnosis of paediatric pneumonia. Chest radiographs (CXRs) are the most widely employed test, however, they are not indicated in ambulatory settings, cannot distinguish between viral and bacterial infections and have a limited role in the ongoing management of disease. A standardised definition of alveolar pneumonia on a CXR exists for epidemiological studies targeting bacterial pneumonias but it should not be extrapolated to clinical settings. Radiography, computed tomography and to a lesser extent ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging play an important role in complicated pneumonias but there are limitations that preclude their use as routine diagnostic tools. Large population-based studies are needed in different populations to address many of the knowledge gaps in the radiological diagnosis of pneumonia in children, however, the feasibility of such studies is an important barrier.
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