RT Book, Section
A1 Frank, Gary
A1 Shah, Samir S.
A2 Shah, Samir S.
SR Print(0)
ID 6906028
T1 Chapter 33. Uncomplicated Pneumonia
T2 Pediatric Practice: Infectious Disease
YR 2009
FD 2009
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-148924-9
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6906028
RD 2024/04/18
AB The  World  Health  Organization  defines  pneumonia  as  the  presence  of  cough  and  fast  or  difficult  breathing  (above  50  breaths  per  minute  for  children  2  to  12  months  of  age;  above  40  breaths  per  minutes  for  children  12  months  to  5  years  of  age).1  This  broad  definition  may  encompass  other  causes  of  lower  respiratory  tract  infection  including  bronchiolitis  as  well  as  noninfectious  causes  of  respiratory  distress  such  as  asthma.  A  more  specific  definition  for  pneumonia  is  “the  presence  of  fever,  acute  respiratory  symptoms,  or  both,  plus  evidence  of  parenchymal  infiltrates  on  chest  radiography.”2  This  definition  allows  for  the  possibility  of  bacterial  as  well  as  viral  causes  of  pneumonia.