Comparison of radiological findings and microbial aetiology of childhood pneumonia

M Korppi, O Kiekara, T Heiskanen‐Kosma… - Acta …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
Sixty‐one children were treated in hospital from 1981 to 1982 because of both radiologically
and microbiologically verified viral or bacterial pneumonia. The chest radiographs were …

Differentiating bacterial from viral pneumonias in children

FAL Bettenay, JF De Campo, DB McCrossin - Pediatric radiology, 1988 - Springer
Abstract 58 paediatric patients with pneumonia, in whom an etiological agent had been
isolated, were reviewed. The patients were designated to have either viral or bacterial …

Radiological diagnosis of pneumonia in children

O Kiekara, M Korppi, S Tanska, S Soimakallio - Annals of medicine, 1996 - Taylor & Francis
During 12 months in 1981-82, 201 children were hospitalized due to radiologically verified
definite or probable pneumonia. In 1985, 194 chest radiographs (anteroposterior views) …

Pneumonia in pediatric outpatients: cause and clinical manifestations

RB Tumer, AE Lande, P Chase, N Hilton… - The Journal of …, 1987 - Elsevier
The cause and clinical manifestations of pneumonia were studied in 98 pediatric
outpatients. A viral diagnosis was established in 38 (39%) of the 98 patients, and a bacterial …

Radiographic findings and etiologic diagnosis in ambulatory childhood pneumonias

PL McCarthy, SZ Spiesel, CA Stashwick… - Clinical …, 1981 - journals.sagepub.com
The chest roqntgenograms of 128 consecutive ambulatory children with radiologic
pneumonia were read independently and without clinical informa tion by a faculty general …

Chest X‐ray Appearances in Pneumonia and Bronchiolitis: Correlation to Virological Diagnosis and Secretory Bacterial Findings

B Friis, M Eiken, A Hornsleth, A Jensen - Acta Pædiatrica, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
Chest X‐ray findings were related to virus diagnosis, age and secretory bacterial findings in
128 infants and children under 7 years of age with clinical pneumonia and bronchiolitis …

Problems in determining the etiology of community-acquired childhood pneumonia.

D Isaacs - The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 1989 - europepmc.org
Fifty-seven children ages 1 month to 12 years hospitalized because of community-acquired
pneumonia were compared with age-matched controls who had acute asthma without …

Differentiation of bacterial and viral pneumonia in children

R Virkki, T Juven, H Rikalainen, E Svedström… - Thorax, 2002 - thorax.bmj.com
Background: A study was undertaken to investigate the differential diagnostic role of chest
radiographic findings, total white blood cell count (WBC), erythrocyte sedimentation rate …

Radiographic follow‐up of pneumonia in children

R Virkki, T Juven, J Mertsola… - Pediatric …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
This study assessed the clinical value of routine follow‐up chest radiographs in hospitalized
children with community‐acquired pneumonia. The study population consisted of 196 …

Reliability of the chest radiograph in the diagnosis of lower respiratory infections in young children

HD Davies, EEL WANG, D Manson… - The Pediatric …, 1996 - journals.lww.com
Objective This study was conducted to determine the reliability of detecting features and
making diagnoses of lower respiratory infections from chest radiograms in young infants …