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*Absence of tachypnea, respiratory distress, and rales/decreased breath sounds rules-out with 100% sensitivity | *Absence of tachypnea, respiratory distress, and rales/decreased breath sounds rules-out with 100% sensitivity | ||
*Imaging | *Imaging | ||
| − | **CXR is not the gold standard! | + | **[[CXR]] is not the gold standard! |
**Cannot differentiate between viral and bacterial (but lobar infiltrate more often bacterial) | **Cannot differentiate between viral and bacterial (but lobar infiltrate more often bacterial) | ||
**Consider for: | **Consider for: | ||
***Age 0-3mo (as part of sepsis work up) | ***Age 0-3mo (as part of sepsis work up) | ||
| − | ***<5yr with | + | ***<5yr with temperature >102.2, WBC >20K and no clear source of infection |
***Ambiguous clinical findings | ***Ambiguous clinical findings | ||
***Pneumonia that is prolonged or not responsive to antibiotics | ***Pneumonia that is prolonged or not responsive to antibiotics | ||
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''All Children less than 2 months should be hospitalized<ref>AAP. Management of Communty-Acquired Pneumonia in Infants and Children Older than 3 Months of Age. Pediatrics. Vol 128 No 6 December 1, 2011</ref>'' | ''All Children less than 2 months should be hospitalized<ref>AAP. Management of Communty-Acquired Pneumonia in Infants and Children Older than 3 Months of Age. Pediatrics. Vol 128 No 6 December 1, 2011</ref>'' | ||
===Consider Admission For=== | ===Consider Admission For=== | ||
| − | *Age: 2-3 months old | + | *Age: <2-3 months old |
*History of severe or relevant congenital disorders | *History of severe or relevant congenital disorders | ||
*Immune suppression (HIV, SCD, malignancy) | *Immune suppression (HIV, SCD, malignancy) | ||
*Toxic appearance/respiratory distress | *Toxic appearance/respiratory distress | ||
*SpO2 <90-93% | *SpO2 <90-93% | ||
| + | *Vomiting/dehydration | ||
| + | *Unstable social environment | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 17:49, 19 April 2018
Contents
Background
- Most common site of infection in neonates
Bugs by Age Group
- Newborn
- 1-3 months
- 3 months-5 years
- S. pneumoniae
- S. aureus
- H. influenzae type b
- Nontypeable H. influenzae
- C. trachomatis
- Mycoplasma pneumoniae
- 5–18 years
Clinical Features
Fever and tachypnea are sensitive but not specific
Differential Diagnosis
Pediatric fever
- Upper respiratory infection (URI)
- UTI
- Sepsis
- Meningitis
- Febrile seizure
- Pneumonia
- Acute otitis media
- Whooping cough
- Unclear source
- Kawasaki disease
- Neonatal HSV
- Specific virus
Evaluation
- Absence of tachypnea, respiratory distress, and rales/decreased breath sounds rules-out with 100% sensitivity
- Imaging
- CXR is not the gold standard!
- Cannot differentiate between viral and bacterial (but lobar infiltrate more often bacterial)
- Consider for:
- Age 0-3mo (as part of sepsis work up)
- <5yr with temperature >102.2, WBC >20K and no clear source of infection
- Ambiguous clinical findings
- Pneumonia that is prolonged or not responsive to antibiotics
- Consider rapid assays for RSV, influenza
- Blood/nasal culture are low yield
Treatment[1]
Newborn
- Hospitalized
- Ampicillin (80-90mg/kg/day) + gentamicin +/- cefotaxime
- Add vancomycin if MRSA a concern
- Add erythromycin (12.g mg/kg QID) if concern for chlamydia
- Ampicillin (80-90mg/kg/day) + gentamicin +/- cefotaxime
- Outpatient
- Initial outpatient management not recommended
1-3 Month
- Hospitalized
- Afebrile pneumonitis
- Erythromycin (10 mg/kg q6) or azithro (2.5 mg/kg q12)
- Febrile pneumonia
- Add cefoTAXime (200mg/kg per day divided q8h)
- Afebrile pneumonitis
- Outpatient
- erythromycin OR azithro PO
>3mo - 18 years
- Hospitalized (PICU/severely ill)
- Ceftriaxone IV AND vancomycin AND consider azithromycin
- Hospitalized (moderately ill)
- Fully immunized: Ampicillin (50mg/kg q6) IV
- Not fully immunized: Ceftriaxone IV
- Outpatient
- Amoxicillin (90 mg/kg divided BID) x 5 days PO
- Alternative: clindamycin OR azithromycin OR amoxicillin-clavulanate
Disposition
All Children less than 2 months should be hospitalized[2]
Consider Admission For
- Age: <2-3 months old
- History of severe or relevant congenital disorders
- Immune suppression (HIV, SCD, malignancy)
- Toxic appearance/respiratory distress
- SpO2 <90-93%
- Vomiting/dehydration
- Unstable social environment