
Detection of pneumonia among children under six years by clinical evaluation / Shamo'on, H.;Hawamdah, A.;Haddadin, R.;Jmeian, S.
Tác giả : Shamo'on, H.;Hawamdah, A.;Haddadin, R.;Jmeian, S.
Năm xuất bản : 2004
Chủ đề : 1. Age Factors. 2. Anti-Bacterial Agents. 3. Case-Control Studies. 4. Child, Preschool. 5. Cough. 6. Fever. 7. Intercostal Muscles. 8. Physical Examination. 9. Respiration.
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Tóm tắt : | 482-487 To determine the most useful clinical symptoms and signs for detection of pneumonia in children, we carried out a prospective clinical study at Queen Alia Hospital, Amman, on 147 children admitted between August 2002 and January 2003 with clinical pneumonia. All the children had chest X-rays, which were read by the same radiologist. The most sensitive and specific signs and symptoms for prediction of pneumonia were coughing, tachypnoea [respiratory rate > 50/min] and chest wall indrawing. We found that presence of tachypnoea and lower chest wall indrawing can detect most cases of pneumonia. If all clinical signs are negative, chest X-ray findings are unlikely to be positive |
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