Pneumonia in hospitalized children

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1059-1081

  Sandora, Thomas J ^a   Harper, Marvin B ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; MACROLIDE; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; STREPTOKINASE; SULTAMICILLIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLEEDING; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NORTH AMERICA; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATHOGENESIS; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX TUMOR; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 21844479029     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2005.03.004     Document Type: Review

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