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ReviewChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Imaging of Acute Complications of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Paediatric Population-From Chest Radiography to MRI.

Efthymia Alexopoulou, Spyridon Prountzos, Maria Raissaki, Argyro Mazioti, Pablo Caro-Dominguez, Franz Wolfgang Hirsch, Jovan Lovrenski, Pierluigi Ciet

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Review in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 6 institutions in 6 countries.

Efthymia Alexopoulou2nd Department of Radiology, University General Hospital "Attikon", National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8466-4127
Spyridon Prountzos2nd Department of Radiology, University General Hospital "Attikon", National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-9651-8338
Maria RaissakiUniversity Hospital of Heraklion, Medical School, University of Crete, 70013 Heraklion, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-5281-475X
Argyro Mazioti2nd Department of Radiology, University General Hospital "Attikon", National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-2705-5696
Pablo Caro-DominguezPediatric Radiology Unit, Radiology Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Avenida Manuel Siurot s/n, 41013 Seville, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3540-6580
Franz Wolfgang HirschDepartment of Pediatric Radiology, University Hospital, Liebigstraße 20a, 04107 Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0960-3740
Jovan LovrenskiRadiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Institute for Children and Adolescents Health Care of Vojvodina, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0002-5572-0967
Pierluigi CietDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital, 3015 CN Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-4017-8957
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRHospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío · ESUniversity Hospital Leipzig · DEUniversity of Cagliari · ITUniversity of Crete · GRUniversity of Novi Sad · RS

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The most common acute infection and leading cause of death in children worldwide is pneumonia. Clinical and laboratory tests essentially diagnose community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). CAP can be caused by bacteria, viruses, or atypical microorganisms. Imaging is usually reserved for children who do not respond to treatment, need hospitalisation, or have hospital-acquired pneumonia. This review discusses the imaging findings for acute CAP complications and the diagnostic role of each imaging modality. Pleural effusion, empyema, necrotizing pneumonia, abscess, pneumatocele, pleural fistulas, and paediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome (PARDS) are acute CAP complications. When evaluating complicated CAP patients, chest radiography, lung ultrasonography, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be used, with each having their own pros and cons. Imaging is usually not needed for CAP diagnosis, but it is essential for complicated cases and follow-ups. Lung ultrasound can supplement chest radiography (CR), which starts the diagnostic algorithm. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) is used for complex cases. Advances in MRI protocols make it a viable alternative for diagnosing CAP and its complications.

Indexed as

community-acquired pneumoniacomplicated pneumoniacomputed tomographymagnetic resonance imagingpediatricsultrasound

Identifiers

PMID38255434
PMCPMC10814200
OpenAlexW4390974047

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