What are the principles for examining pneumonia in children?

Neonatal pneumonia is a lung inflammation caused by various reasons within 28 days after birth. It will cause great pain to the child. Parents should pay attention to it. Parents should make sure that their children cooperate with the doctor to make an accurate diagnosis, so that the doctor can treat according to the specific condition. So what are the examination principles for pediatric pneumonia?

Complete blood test

Routine blood test is the most common and basic blood test. Blood is composed of two major parts: liquid and visible cells. Routine blood test tests the cell part of blood. Diseases can be judged by observing the changes in quantity and morphological distribution. It is one of the commonly used auxiliary examination methods for doctors to diagnose diseases.

X-ray examination

X-ray chest films can directly reflect the condition of the child's lung lesions and are an important basis for diagnosing pneumonia. They can also distinguish the type of pneumonia. For example, bronchial pneumonia is often manifested as nonspecific small patchy lung parenchymal infiltration shadows; lobar pneumonia is a large, uniform and dense shadow that occupies the entire lung lobe or a segment.

Through sputum culture, the type of pathogenic bacteria can be detected, so that appropriate drugs can be selected for treatment.

The drug sensitivity test is used to measure drug sensitivity so that drugs can be used for treatment accurately and effectively.

In addition, during the epidemic period of mycoplasma pneumonia, cold agglutination test should be performed to diagnose mycoplasma infection. Cold agglutination test is mainly used for auxiliary diagnosis of primary atypical pneumonia caused by mycoplasma pneumoniae.

The above is an introduction to neonatal pneumonia examination. Parents must do a good job of preventing various diseases for their children. Once a child suffers from neonatal pneumonia, parents should let the child receive treatment in time. At the same time, in order to promote treatment, parents should pay attention to taking good care of their children in daily life.