Executive Summary: The Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Infants and Children Older Than 3 Months of Age: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America

• Published in: Clinical infectious diseases Vol. 53; no. 7; pp. 617 - 630
• Main Authors: Bradley, John S., Byington, Carrie L., Shah, Samir S., Alverson, Brian, Carter, Edward R., Harrison, Christopher, Kaplan, Sheldon L., Mace, Sharon E., McCracken, George H., Moore, Matthew R., Peter, Shawn D. St, Stockwell, Jana A., Swanson, Jack T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01.10.2011
• Subjects: Antibiotics; Babies; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; Community-Acquired Infections - diagnosis; Community-Acquired Infections - prevention & control; Community-Acquired Infections - therapy; Dosage; Dosage forms; Empirical evidence; Humans; IDSA GUIDELINES; Infant; Infants; Infectious diseases; Medical sciences; Pathogens; Pediatrics; Pneumology; Pneumonia; Pneumonia - diagnosis; Pneumonia - prevention & control; Pneumonia - therapy; Public health; Recommendations; Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases; America; Human; Lung disease; Pediatrics; Pneumonia; Clinical management; Community acquired infection; Respiratory disease; Infant; Child; Age; Recommendation
• ISSN: 1058-4838; 1537-6591
• DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir625

Evidenced-based guidelines for management of infants and children with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) were prepared by an expert panel comprising clinicians and investigators representing community pediatrics, public health, and the pediatric specialties of critical care, emergency medicine, hospital medicine, infectious diseases, pulmonology, and surgery. These guidelines are intended for use by primary care and subspecialty providers responsible for the management of otherwise healthy infants and children with CAP in both outpatient and inpatient settings. Site-of-care management, diagnosis, antimicrobial and adjunctive surgical therapy, and prevention are discussed. Areas that warrant future investigations are also highlighted.