Pneumonia is one of the most common infections in the pediatric age group and one of the
leading diagnoses that results in overnight hospital admission for children. In 2001, 198,000 …

OBJECTIVE. We conducted a prospective, observational study in a tertiary care pediatric
center to determine risk factors for the development of and outcomes from ventilator …

Recommendations for the management of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) advocate
that, in the absence of the clinical and laboratory findings typical of bacterial CAP, antibiotics …

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common disease in children, and its
aetiological and clinical diagnosis are challenging for physicians in both private practice and …

Objective: To assess risk factors and outcomes associated with pediatric ventilator-
associated pneumonia. Design: Multicentered prospective observational cohort. Setting …

Pneumonia is one of the most common infections physicians encounter in outpatient
practice. Despite this fact, pneumonia can be challenging to diagnose or even define. The …

Nosocomial pneumonia is a common hospital-acquired infection in children, and is often
fatal. Risk factors for nosocomial pneumonia include admission to an intensive care unit …

Objectives. To determine the rates, risk factors, and outcomes of ventilator-associated
pneumonia in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) patients. Methods. A prospective cohort …

Chest radiographs from children with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) were
categorized into three distinct presentations and each presentation was correlated to clinical …

Objectives: Ventilator-associated pneumonia is the second most common nosocomial
infection in pediatric intensive care. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …