Value of Radiological Follow up in Children Hospitalized With Lobar Pneumonia

HaEmek Medical Center, Israel

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pneumonia

Treatments: Other: Observational

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00735592

0012-08-EMC

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study intends to assess the utility of performing a follow up X rays in children admitted to pediatric wards with lobar pneumonia. Usually those children are discharged with a recommendation for a follow up X rays but there are no enough studies proving that this recommendation is really necessary.

Full description

Thew study will include follow up data in a group of about 200 patients admitted with lobar pneumonia during the years 2006 to 2007. All the clinical and laboratory data will be collected and also the X rays findings.

The findings of follow up X rays if they were performed will also be summarized.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 months to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: All pediatric patients discharged with the diagnosis of lobar pneumonia.

Exclusion Criteria: Patients with diagnosis of chronic diseases.

Trial design

200 participants in 1 patient group

A

Description:

Children discharged with the recommendation of performing a follow up X rays after lobar pneumonia

Treatment:

Other: Observational