Vitamin D as an adjunct to antibiotics for the treatment of acute childhood pneumonia

RR Das, M Singh, SS Naik - Cochrane Database of Systematic …, 2023 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Children with acute pneumonia may be vitamin D deficient. Clinical trials have
found that prophylactic vitamin D supplementation decreases children's risk of developing …

Role of procalcitonin in diagnosis of community acquired pneumonia in Children

VH Ratageri, P Panigatti, A Mukherjee, RR Das… - BMC pediatrics, 2022 - Springer
Background The role of serum Procalcitonin (PCT) in adults in diagnosis of Community
acquired pneumonia (CAP) is well established, however, role in pediatric CAP remains …

[PDF][PDF] Childhood Pneumonia Research in India: Current and Future Perspectives

JL Mathew - Indian Pediatrics, 2021 - indianpediatrics.net
Childhood community acquired pneumonia (CAP) continues to remain a problem of great
clinical and public health significance. Its impact on individual children, the community, and …

Comparison of Clinical Diagnosis with Radiological Diagnosis in Children with Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infection

VM Vivek, NK Subramanya - Journal of Pediatric Pulmonology, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Materials and Methods: This prospective study was conducted for 1 year in a tertiary care
teaching hospital in South India. A total of 101 children of 1 month to 14 years of age …

Community-acquired Pneumonia in Children: Revisited

NK Subramanya - Journal of Pediatric Pulmonology, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Community‑acquired pneumonia (CAP) is an acute infection of the pulmonary parenchyma
in a previously healthy child, acquired outside a hospital setting. The patient should not have …