The Pediatric infectious disease journal
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Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. · Mar 2019
Risk Factors for Severe Community-aquired Pneumonia Among Children Hospitalized With CAP Younger Than 5 Years of Age.
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) causes great morbidity and mortality as well as enormous economic burden worldwide. This study intended to describe the clinical characteristics of CAP and explore the risk factors of severe CAP among children in downtown Suzhou, China. ⋯ Pediatric CAP hospitalizations of those of younger age, with congenital heart diseases, respiratory distress symptoms/tachypnea, abnormal white blood cells and C-reactive protein results as well as complications were at higher risk for progressing to severe CAP.