Community-Acquired Pneumonia Hospitalization among Children with Neurologic Disorders
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Community-Acquired Pneumonia Hospitalization among Children with Neurologic Disorders.
OBJECTIVE To describe and compare the clinical characteristics, outcomes, and etiology of pneumonia among children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) with neurologic disorders, non-neurologic underlying conditions, and no underlying conditions. STUDY DESIGN Children <18 years old hospitalized with clinical and radiographic CAP were enrolled at 3 US children's hospitals. Neur...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Pediatrics
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0022-3476
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.02.049