Age-specific risk factors of severe pneumonia among pediatric patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia

• Main Authors: Lumin Chen (Author), Chong Miao (Author), Yanling Chen (Author), Xian Han (Author), Ziying Lin (Author), Hong Ye (Author), Chengyi Wang (Author), Huijie Zhang (Author), Jingjing Li (Author), Qiuyu Tang (Author), Yuan Dong (Author), Meng Bai (Author), Yibing Zhu (Author), Guanghua Liu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Risk factors that predispose the development of severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) among pediatric CAP patients of different age ranges are yet to be identified. Methods We retrospectively analyzed pediatric in-patients (< 6 years old) diagnosed with CAP in our hospital...