Diagnostic criteria for early childhood pneumonia

In fact, there are many diseases that have similar symptoms to neonatal pneumonia, so we should know how to identify these diseases in life, so that we can deal with the emergence of sudden diseases well. Many parents will have questions, what are the early diagnostic criteria for pediatric pneumonia? Let us learn about it together:

1. Bronchitis

Systemic symptoms are mild, generally without dyspnea or hypoxia. Lung rales are not fixed and often disappear with coughing or changes in body position.

2. Bronchial foreign body

There is often a history of foreign body aspiration or choking. Tracheal slapping sounds heard during auscultation can help with the diagnosis, but the diagnosis is confirmed by fiberoptic bronchoscopy.

3. Caseous pneumonia

X-ray examination can show dense consolidation in a lung segment or even a large part of a lung lobe. The outline becomes blurred, and usually brighter liquefied areas or even translucent cavities can be seen.

4. Bronchiolitis

The main symptom is wheezing and shortness of breath. Widespread wheezing and fine moist rales can be heard in both lungs. Severely ill children have obvious hypoxia, and X-rays only show increased translucency in both lungs, descent of the diaphragm, and transient emphysema changes. A few children have a few spotty shadows.

5. Acute miliary tuberculosis

It is very similar to bronchopneumonia and should be differentiated based on history of contact with tuberculosis, clinical symptoms, increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate, positive tuberculin test, detection of tuberculosis bacteria in sputum or gastric lavage fluid, and X-ray follow-up observation.

After understanding the relevant identification methods of neonatal pneumonia, I believe everyone has a deeper understanding, which will help us to easily identify the disease. When symptoms appear in the child, we should seek medical attention in time to avoid delaying treatment.