Researchers assessed the interrater reliability of physical examination findings in diagnosing pediatric community-acquired pneumonia.

When a child has symptoms that could be pneumonia, doctors often listen to the child's lungs with a stethoscope to help make a diagnosis. But a new national study led by physician-scientists at Ann & ...

Auscultatory findings are limited in their ability to help us diagnose pneumonia in children,” says Todd Florin, MD, MSCE.

Does the patient have pneumonia or is the clinical picture due to some other problem? What is the microbial etiology of pneumonia? Where should the patient be treated? What is the best therapeutic ...