Evidence based paediatrics: Review of BTS guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in children

Journal of Infection

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 134-138

  Kumar, P ^a   McKean, Michael C ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Community acquired pneumonia; Guidelines

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFACLOR; CEFOTAXIME; CEFUROXIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DRUG CHOICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PEDIATRICS; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 1642464849     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2003.10.013     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. BTS Guidelines for the Management of Community Acquired Pneumonia in Childhood. Thorax 2002;57(Suppl. 1)1-24.
2. Smyth A, Carty H, Hart CA. Clinical predictors of hypoxaemia in children with pneumonia. Ann Trop Paediatr 1998;18: 31-40.
3. Ramsey BW, Marcuse EK, Foy HM, et al. Use of bacterial antigen detection in the diagnosis of pediatric lower respiratory tract infections. Pediatrics 1986;78:1-9.