NIH R01 · 2024
Derivation and Validation of the Pediatric Community-Acquired Pneumonia Severity (PedCAPS) Score
PROJECT SUMMARY Although community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is one of the most common serious infections in children and a leading reason that children seek emergency care, no validated tools exist to predict CAP severity in children. Without objective tools, management decisions are inefficient and potentially inaccurate, resulting in unnecessary testing, treatment, and hospitalization in low-risk children or delays in critically important therapies in those at high risk of severe CAP. The long-term goal of this research is to improve risk stratification of children with CAP. In adults with CAP, the use of risk prediction rules decreases mortality and guides antibiotic decisions, while…
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