Accuracy of the diagnosis of pneumonia in Canadian pediatric emergency departments: A prospective cohort study
In this cohort, pediatric ED physicians over-diagnosed typical bacterial pneumonia and underdiagnosed viral and atypical bacterial pneumonia. Bacterial pneumonia is most likely in children over 5 years of age, with cough for 5 or more days and/or with elevated inflammatory markers.
Authors
- Guanmin Chen
- Michael Weinstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6841-9412)
- Jennifer Crotts
- Kathy Boutis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5863-0177)
- Martin Pusic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5236-6598)
- Joan Robinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9831-5681)
- James D. Kellner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9083-2980)
- Sarah Curtis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4996-7784)
- Gabino Travassos
- Serge Gouin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5038-9099)
- Martin H. Reed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8796-255X)
- Sarah Reid
- Maala Bhatt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1265-3482)
- Ravi Bhargava (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5697-0175)
- Richard van Wylick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1378-3799)
- David W. Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4443-9053)
- Valerie G. Kirk
- Timothy Lynch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2380-8737)
Institutions
- Western University (CA)
- Alberta Health Services (CA)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Queen's University (CA)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine (CA)
- Alberta Health (CA)
- University of Manitoba (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2024-12-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0311201
- Primary Topic
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Children's Hospital Foundation
- Lung Association, Alberta and NWT
- Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation
- Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health