Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Kunming Children’s Hospital & Yunnan Key Laboratory of Children’s Major Disease Research, Kunming, P.R. China
Case Series
Successful Conservative Management of Necrotizing Pneumonia in Pediatric Patients: Experience of Two Patients
Author(s): Yin Li, Ting-Yun Yuan, Jia-Wu Yang, Hai-Feng Liu, Pei-Long Li, Feng Li and Hong-Min Fu*
Background: Necrotizing pneumonia is an uncommon, but serious complication of pneumonia in children. The indications and timing of surgical
procedures are not outlined and are controversial.
Case report: In this report, we presented two pediatric cases, which be diagnosed with necrotizing pneumonia and have recognized indications
for aggressive surgical operation. Nevertheless, the two patients were not treated with surgery due to their parents' concerns about complications
of thoracotomy and damage to lung function and still achieved complete recovery in manifestations and radiology by conservative modalities
including a lengthy course of antibiotics, bronchoscopy lavaging, thoracocentesis, and symptomatic treatment.
Conclusion: Necrotizing pneumonia can be successfully treated with a conservative trea.. Read More»
DOI:
10.37421/2161-105X.2022.12.614
Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine received 1690 citations as per Google Scholar report
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