The most effective way to treat pneumonia in children

What parents are most worried about is their children's physical health. When their children suffer from neonatal pneumonia, parents will be very worried. This disease seriously endangers physical health and needs our attention. Let us take a look at the precautions for the treatment of this disease. Let's take a look:

1. Treatment

Comprehensive measures should be adopted to strengthen care and keep the airway open. In addition to keeping warm and providing oxygen, infection should be actively controlled, antibiotics should be given for different pathogens, fluid volume should be appropriately restricted, acidosis should be corrected, symptomatic treatment should be given, and complications should be prevented and treated.

1. General treatment

Remove the inhaled material as soon as possible, give oxygen, strengthen nursing and monitoring, keep warm, make the child's skin temperature reach 36.5℃, the indoor air should be fresh, the ambient temperature should be 22～26℃, and the relative humidity should be within. Suction the oropharyngeal and nasal secretions, keep the respiratory tract unobstructed, and regularly turn over and pat the back to facilitate the discharge of sputum.

2. Oxygen supply

In case of hypoxemia, oxygen can be supplied according to the condition to maintain blood oxygen at 6.65-10.7 kPa (50-80 mmHg), not exceeding 16.0 kPa (120 mmHg) to prevent oxygen poisoning. For severe cases with respiratory failure, continuous positive airway pressure or mechanical ventilation after endotracheal intubation can be used.

3. Antibiotics

Once the newborn is found to have increased breathing rate after birth, antibiotic treatment should be started: Early intravenous antibiotics are appropriate for bacterial pneumonia. In principle, antibiotics are selected based on the pathogen:

4. Symptomatic treatment

Those whose body temperature does not rise should be kept warm; those who are irritable or convulsive should be promptly sedated and anticonvulsant; symptomatic treatment should be provided, such as antitussive and antiasthmatic, cardiotonic, and correction of water and electrolyte disorders. In case of heart failure, oxygen should be inhaled, the amount and speed of fluid infusion should be controlled, and cardiotonic drugs should be used. If pneumothorax is combined, closed chest drainage and other treatments should be performed.

5. Supportive care

(1) Ensure nutrition and fluid intake: Ensure nutritional supply and maintain water and electrolyte balance.

(2) Enhance disease resistance: transfuse fresh blood or plasma, which can be used in small amounts and multiple times depending on the condition of the disease; use human immunoglobulin or human albumin to increase immune function, which has a certain effect on certain pneumonias.