ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2025
D-dimer serves as predictor of plastic bronchitis or necrotizing pneumonia in children with
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- Immunopathogenesis, molecular phenotyping, and host-directed interventions for severe pediatricFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026Review
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- Early risk stratification of adverse progression in pediatricFrontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- A fever-based therapeutic window for bronchoscopy to prevent bronchiolitis obliterans in children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Clinical features and risk factors of plastic bronchitis in Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia children with pulmonary consolidation: a prospective cohort study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
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Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to explore risk factors for plastic bronchitis (PB) or necrotizing pneumonia (NP) in children with Methods: This is a retrospective, observational cohort study, which was conducted at the Hebei Children's Hospital, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China. This study compared the clinical characteristics between children with MPP who developed PB or NP and children with MPP who did not develop PB or NP. Variables with a Results: One hundred and seven hospitalized children with MPP were retrospectively enrolled in this study. Three (3/107, 2.80%) patients were admitted with severe pneumonia, and sixty-nine (69/107, 64.49%) patients required for non-invasive ventilation after admission. The incidence of macrolide-unresponsive Conclusions: This study found that the elevated DD level (≥2.44 mg/L) has a predicting value for the progression of children with MPP to the composite outcome of PB or NP. However, due to the limited number of PB cases, its specific prediction for PB needs further verification.
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