Radiographic Pneumonia in Febrile Infants 60 Days and Younger.
Radiographic Pneumonia in Febrile Infants 60 Days and Younger.
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DOI:
10.1097/pec.0000000000002187
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发表时间:
2021-05-01
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
Febrile Infant Working Group of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN)
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作者:
Florin TA;Ramilo O;Hoyle JD Jr;Jaffe DM;Tzimenatos L;Atabaki SM;Cohen DM;VanBuren JM;Mahajan P;Kuppermann N;Febrile Infant Working Group of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN)
Few prospective studies have assessed the occurrence of radiographic pneumonia in young febrile infants. We analyzed factors associated with radiographic pneumonias in febrile infants ≤60 days-old evaluated in pediatric emergency departments (EDs). Planned secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study within 26 EDs in a pediatric research network from 2008–2013. Febrile (≥38°C) infants ≤60-days-old who received chest radiographs (CXR) were included. CXR reports were categorized as “no,” “possible,” or “definite” pneumonia. We compared demographics, Yale Observation Scale scores [YOS; >10 implying ill appearance], laboratory markers, blood cultures and viral testing among groups. Of 4,778 infants, 1724 (36.1%) had CXRs performed; 2.7% (n=46) had definite pneumonias, and 3.9% (n=67) possible pneumonias. Patients with definite (13/46, 28.3%) or possible (15/67, 22.7%) pneumonias more frequently had YOS >10 compared to those without pneumonias (210/1611, 13.2%, p=0.002) in univariable and multivariable analyses. Median white blood cell count(WBC), absolute neutrophil count(ANC), and procalcitonin(PCT) were higher in the definite [WBC 11.5 (IQR 9.8,15.5); ANC 5.0 (3.2,7.6); PCT 0.4 (0.2,2.1)] versus no pneumonia [WBC 10.0 (7.6,13.3); ANC 3.4 (2.1,5.4); PCT 0.2 (0.2,0.3)] (WBC p=0.006, ANC p=0.002, PCT p=0.046) groups, but of unclear clinical significance. There were no cases of bacteremia in the definite pneumonia group. Viral infections were more frequent in groups with definite (25/38, 65.8%) and possible (28/55, 50.9%) pneumonias than no pneumonias (534/1185, 45.1%, p=0.02). Radiographic pneumonias were uncommon, often had viruses detected, and were associated with ill appearance, but few other predictors, in febrile infants ≤60-days-old.