Incidence and aetiology of Danish children with community-acquired pneumonia treated with chest tube drainage in 2022–2023 versus the previous three decades
Ulrikka Nygaard, Joakim Bloch, Kia Hee Schultz Dungu, Christine Vollmond, Frederik Buchvald, Kim G. Nielsen, Kim Kristensen, Anja Poulsen, Nadja Hawwa Vissing
Abstract
In conclusion, we found a fivefold increase in children with complicated community-acquired pneumonia treated with CTD in 2022-2023 versus the previous three decades, primarily due to GAS.For the individual child, GAS pneumonia treated with CTD did not seem to be more severe during 2022-2023.
Topics & Concepts
MedicinePneumoniaIncidence (geometry)EtiologyDanishCommunity-acquired pneumoniaPediatricsEpidemiologyIntensive care medicineInternal medicineOpticsPhilosophyPhysicsLinguisticsPleural and Pulmonary DiseasesPneumonia and Respiratory InfectionsCongenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies