Association between clinical, radiological, and hematological profile of children with pneumonia

Background: Patients with pneumonia present varying symptoms, X-ray features and changes in the blood parameters. Objectives: To find out association between clinical, radiological, haematological profile of children pneumonia. Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted 130 aged two to 60 months admitted paediatric ward Manipal Teaching Hospital, who were chosen by convenience sampling technique from December 2019 November 2020, radiological parameters compared. The observed data analysed using SPSS 20. Results: . Of studied, 80 (61.5%) male 50 (38.5%) female. History prior admission for respiratory illness seen 75 (57.7%) patients Bronchopneumonia 72 (55.4%) lobar 37 (28.5%) patients. Cough 122 (93.8%), Noisy breathing 86 (66.15%), Fever 70 (53.84%) Fast 67 (51.54%) most common presenting complaints. more likely fever than those (p-value 0.015). Those history wheeze 0.035) crepitations 0.024) first time. Also, as lung finding, found significantly lower total White cells (WBC) counts 0.012). Conclusion: There seems be a significant complaint are have signs (wheeze/crepitations) at presentation.