Do all children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia require blood cultures?
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The 2011 pediatric community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) management guideline released jointly by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society recommends blood cultures for children with moderate to severe CAP requiring hospitalization.1 However, the study featured in this issue of Hospital Pediatrics by Heine et al concludes otherwise, suggesting that a more restricted approach may be best.
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Improvement methodology increases guideline recommended blood cultures in children with pneumonia.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Hospital pediatrics
دوره 3 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013