Pneumonia examination items for children

Neonatal pneumonia is a common disease. Many children will get sick after birth. This disease seriously endangers the health of children and needs our attention. We must be careful and cautious in life. Let us take a look at the examination items of pediatric pneumonia. Let's take a look:

Laboratory tests

1. Blood picture

Mainly check the white blood cells, which can also be within the normal range.

2. Etiological diagnosis

After birth, the nasopharyngeal secretions are cultured for bacteria and isolated for viruses for diagnosis. Then, as needed, gastric fluid smears are performed to find white blood cells and antigens, or blood samples are taken and pharyngeal tracheal secretions are smeared, cultured, and tested by countercurrent immunoelectrophoresis.

Testing

1. Bronchopneumonia

In postnatal infectious pneumonia, diffuse, light and dark blurred shadows or widespread dot-like or large and small infiltration shadows in both lungs can be seen on chest X-rays. In a few cases, lobar consolidation shadows can be seen.

In pneumonia infected through amniotic fluid, chest X-rays may show thickening of the lung texture on both sides, which often manifests as bronchopneumonia changes.

2. Interstitial pneumonia

In patients with intrauterine viral infection, chest X-rays show changes of interstitial pneumonia.

After reading the above introduction to the relevant examination methods for neonatal pneumonia, I believe everyone has a deeper understanding of this. Knowing this knowledge clearly can help patients well. Observe the child's physical condition more often. If symptoms of the disease appear, timely treatment should be carried out and the disease should not be delayed.