Emergency Medicine: Open Access
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Adriana Rodriguez

Publications

• Research Article
  Presenting Signs and Symptoms of Rapidly Progressing Severe Pneumonia in the Pediatric Emergency Department
  Author(s): Porter Moore C, Craig Huang, Adriana Rodriguez, Robert Wiebe and Jane Siegel Porter Moore C, Craig Huang, Adriana Rodriguez, Robert Wiebe and Jane Siegel
  
  Background: Children with pneumonia are often diagnosed in the emergency department based on clinical and/or radiographic findings. Many of these patients can be treated as outpatients. However, patients with severe pneumonia often require Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission and have significant morbidity. There is no published data to aide in rapid identification of children with severe pneumonia who require ICU admission. Objectives: To identify clinical variables, laboratory and radiographic data that may predict the need for ICU admission. Methods: Retrospective analysis of ED patients aged 0 to 18 years, admitted to a tertiary pediatric hospital with a diagnosis of severe pneumonia between 2002 and 2007 was performed. Severe pneumonia was defined as: empyema and/or pleural effusion. Patients were assigned into.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7548.1000140

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