[Recommendations for the use of diagnostic testing in low respiratory infections in children older than three months]

Arch Pediatr. 2014 Apr;21(4):418-23. doi: 10.1016/j.arcped.2014.01.004. Epub 2014 Mar 7.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Recommendations for the use of diagnostic testing in low respiratory infection in children older than 3 months were produced by the Groupe de Recherche sur les Avancées en Pneumo-Pédiatrie (GRAPP) under the auspices of the French Paediatric Pulmonology and Allergology Society (SP(2)A). The Haute Autorité de santé (HAS) methodology, based on formalized consensus, was used. A first panel of experts analyzed the English and French literature to provide a second panel of experts with recommendations to validate. Only the recommendations are presented here, but the full text is available on the SP(2)A website.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

  • Chlamydial Pneumonia / diagnosis
  • Diagnostic Tests, Routine* / methods
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • France
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Lung Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Lung Diseases / therapy
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / diagnosis
  • Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / diagnosis
  • Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / diagnosis
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis
  • Pulmonary Aspergillosis / diagnosis