Pediatric Pneumonia Guidelines: Inconsistencies between Guidelines, Scientific Evidence and Clinical Practice

Authors

  • Larry B. Mellick Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
  • Dan McCollum Assistant Residency Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Georgia Regents Univer- sity, Augusta, GA 30912, USA In 2011 the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the British Thoracic Society (BTS) created extensive guide- lines with recommendations for the management of community acquired pneumonia in chil- dren.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17140/EMOJ-1-116

Abstract

There are a number of recommendations in these guidelines that seem to conflict with the evidence presented in the guidelines and elsewhere as well as clinical experience. The perceived disagreement between guidelines and clinical practice may be ours alone, but here are our thoughts and observations

References

Bradley JS, Byington CL, Shah SS, et al. The management of community-acquired pneumonia in infants and children older than 3 months of age: clinical practice guidelines by the Pedi-atric Infectious Diseases Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis. 2011; 53(7): e25-e76. doi: 10.1093/cid/cir531

Harris M, Clark J, Coote N, et al. British Thoracic Society guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumo-nia in children: update 2011. Thorax. 2011; 66(Suppl 2): ii1- ii23. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200598

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2015-10-15

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Larry B. Mellick, & Dan McCollum. (2015). Pediatric Pneumonia Guidelines: Inconsistencies between Guidelines, Scientific Evidence and Clinical Practice. Emergency Medicine, 1(4), 105–108. https://doi.org/10.17140/EMOJ-1-116

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Vol. 1 No. 4 (2015): Volume 1 Issue 4 2015

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